Taygetus

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English

Proper noun

Taygetus

  1. Alternative form of Taygetos.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταΰγετον (Taǘgeton).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tāygetus m sg (genitive Tāygetī); second declension

  1. Taygetos (ridge of mountains of Laconia)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tāygetus
Genitive Tāygetī
Dative Tāygetō
Accusative Tāygetum
Ablative Tāygetō
Vocative Tāygete

References

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