Ταυλάντιοι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Δαυλαντιοι (Daulantioi)

Etymology

Possibly from an Illyrian word meaning "swallow," from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to cut”) + *dwóh₁ (“two”), representing modern Albanian dallëndyshe (“swallow”). The name Taulantii appears to be connected with the word dallëndyshe, from Proto-Albanian *dalna and Proto-Albanian *duwai, meaning "swallow".^[1]

The name was also attested as "Daulantioi" (Δαυλαντιοι) by Nonnus of Panopolis in the 5th century CE, which might be closer to how the Taulanti said the name.^[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tau̯.lán.ti.oi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tawˈlan.ti.y/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /taˈβlan.ti.y/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /taˈvlan.ti.y/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /taˈvlan.di.i/

Noun

Ταυλάντῐοι • (Taulántĭoi) m (genitive Ταυλαντίων); second declension

Taulantii, an Illyrian tribe settled on the coast of modern Albania.

Declension

Second declension of οἱ Ταυλάντῐοι; τῶν Ταυλαντῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Ταυλάντῐοι hoi Taulántĭoi
Genitive	τῶν Ταυλαντῐ́ων tôn Taulantĭ́ōn
Dative	τοῖς Ταυλαντῐ́οις toîs Taulantĭ́ois
Accusative	τοὺς Ταυλαντῐ́ους toùs Taulantĭ́ous
Vocative	Ταυλάντῐοι Taulántĭoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Taulantii

References

^ Wilkes, John (1992) The Illyrians‎^[1], Wiley, →ISBN, page 244 "Names of individuals peoples may have been formed in a similar fashion, Taulantii from ‘swallow’ (cf. the Albanian tallandushe) or Erchelei the ‘eel-men’ and Chelidoni the ‘snail-men’."
^ Panopolitanus, Nonnus (400s AD) The Dionysiaca, https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yDjrpIwhJRAC/page/n1211/mode/2up?view=theater, page 1212