Taprobane

Taprobane

1. Alternative form of Taprobana.

• Bonaparte

• Tāprobana

From Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [taːˈprɔ.ba.neː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪aˈprɔː.ba.ne]

Tāprobanē f sg (genitive Tāprobanēs); first declension

1. the ancient name of Sri Lanka, an island of South Asia in the Indian Ocean

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

• “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