Tarraco

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See also: Tárraco and Tàrraco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. According to William Smith, possibly of Phoenician origin, from (tarchon, “citadel, high rock”), referring to the location above the sea.[1] However, compare the names Tarquinia and Tarracina.[2]

Catalan folk etymology derived the name from Tarraho, son of the biblical figure Tubal. Strabo and Megasthenes linked the name to Tearcon, a pharaoh who had campaigned in Spain.[3]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tarracō f sg (genitive Tarracōnis); third declension

  1. Tarragona (city and Roman provincial capital in Spain)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Tarracō
genitive Tarracōnis
dative Tarracōnī
accusative Tarracōnem
ablative Tarracōne
vocative Tarracō
locative Tarracōnī
Tarracōne

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “Tarraco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Tarraco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Ausonius Class. Urb. 9; cf. Mart. x. 104.
  2. ^ STALUPPI G. (1997), Fondamenti di didattica della Geografia, Torino, UTET
  3. ^ Los cinco libros primeros dela Coronica general de España, que recopilaua el maestro Florian de Ocampo
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