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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θάψος (Thápsos).
Proper noun
Thapsus f sg (genitive Thapsī); second declension
- Thapsus (ancient city near Bekalta in modern Tunisia)
- Thapsos (ancient city near Priolo Gargallo in modern Sicily)
- A small river of Numidia, now the Saf Saf
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Thapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Thapsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.