Taprobane

English

Proper noun

Taprobane

1. Alternative form of Taprobana

Latin

Alternative forms

• Taprobana

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /taːˈpro.ba.neː/, [t̪äːˈprɔbäneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈpro.ba.ne/, [t̪äˈprɔːbäne]

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.

Case	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