Tanis

See also: tanis, tanış, and tanīs

English

Proper noun

Tanis

  1. plural of Tani

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τάνις (Tánis), itself from Egyptian



(ḏꜥnt).

Proper noun

Tanis f sg (genitive Tanis); third declension

  1. A city of Lower Egypt situated on the delta of the Nile

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Tanis
genitive Tanis
dative Tanī
accusative Tanem
ablative Tane
vocative Tanis
locative Tanī
Tane

Derived terms

  • Tanītes
  • Tanīticus

References

  • Tanis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Tanis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly