Taprobane

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English

Proper noun

Taprobane

  1. Alternative form of Taprobana

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tāprobanē f sg (genitive Tāprobanēs); first declension

  1. the ancient name of Sri Lanka, an island of South Asia in the Indian Ocean

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Tāprobanē
genitive Tāprobanēs
dative Tāprobanae
accusative Tāprobanēn
ablative Tāprobanē
vocative Tāprobanē

References

  • Taprobane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Taprobane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Taprobane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly