Tarsus

See also: tarsus

English

Etymology

From Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós).

Proper noun

Tarsus

  1. A city in Mersin, Turkey, in Cilicia (Çukurova), near the Mediterranean coast.

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German

Noun

Tarsus m (strong, genitive Tarsus, plural Tarsen)

  1. (zoology) tarsus

Declension

  • Tarsenglied
    • 1912, Theodor Becker, “Chloropidae”, in Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, volume 10, Budapest, page 28:
      Beine ganz rotgelb, letzte Tarsenglieder etwas braun.
      Legs entirely reddish-yellow, last tarsomeres [literally tarsi segments] brownish.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tarsus f sg (genitive Tarsī); second declension

  1. Tarsus, Cilicia

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tarsus
Genitive Tarsī
Dative Tarsō
Accusative Tarsum
Ablative Tarsō
Vocative Tarse
Locative Tarsī

References

  • Tarsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Tarsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Turkish

Tarsus ilçesi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταρσός (Tarsós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰaɾ.sus/

Proper noun

Tarsus

  1. A town and district of Mersin, Turkey

Declension

Derived terms

  • Tarsuslu
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