τάρανδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • τάρανδρος (tárandros)

Etymology

Unknown. Isebaert suggests the term is borrowed from Scythian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”),[1][2] however the expected outcome in contemporary Proto-Sarmatian would likely be *sarand(ar), not **θaran-tara-, as he reconstructs. Alternatively borrowed from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šardo, *šardō, *šordō.[3] There doesn't appear to be any link to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τάρανδος • (tárandos) m (genitive τᾰράνδου); second declension

  1. reindeer

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τάρανδος; τοῦ ταράνδου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τάρανδος
ho tárandos 		τὼ ταράνδω
tṑ tarándō 		οἱ τάρανδοι
hoi tárandoi
Genitive τοῦ ταράνδου
toû tarándou 		τοῖν ταράνδοιν
toîn tarándoin 		τῶν ταράνδων
tôn tarándōn
Dative τῷ ταράνδῳ
tōî tarándōi 		τοῖν ταράνδοιν
toîn tarándoin 		τοῖς ταράνδοις
toîs tarándois
Accusative τὸν τάρανδον
tòn tárandon 		τὼ ταράνδω
tṑ tarándō 		τοὺς ταράνδους
toùs tarándous
Vocative τάρανδε
tárande 		ταράνδω
tarándō 		τάρανδοι
tárandoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Greek: τάρανδος (tárandos)
  • → Latin: tarandus

References

  1. ^ Isebaert, Lambert (1982) “Encore grec τάρανδ(ρ)ος “renne””, in Glotta‎[1] (in French), volume 60, pages 62–65
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάρανδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1451
  3. ^ More forms at Toivonen, Yrjö Henrik (1937) “Zur ugrischen Etymologie. II”, in Ungarische Jahrbücher (in German), volume 17, page 188

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάρανδος (tárandos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾanðos/
  • Hyphenation: τά‧ραν‧δος

Noun

τάρανδος • (tárandos) m (plural τάρανδοι)

  1. reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension

Declension of τάρανδος
singular plural
nominative τάρανδος (tárandos) τάρανδοι (tárandoi)
genitive τάρανδου (tárandou)
ταράνδου (tarándou) 		τάρανδων (tárandon)
ταράνδων (tarándon)
accusative τάρανδο (tárando) τάρανδους (tárandous)
ταράνδους (tarándous)
vocative τάρανδε (tárande) τάρανδοι (tárandoi)

Second forms are formal. 

  • ελάφι n (eláfi, “deer”)
  • καριμπού n (karimpoú, “caribou”)

Further reading

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