Tamarus

Latin

Etymology

The suffix -arus is also found in the river Silarus. The base *tem- is said by Pokorny to be from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow, stream, melt”), but this is unlikely. It is possibly instead borrowed from Proto-Celtic *tamaros (“river, waters”, literally “dark”), from a zero-grade form similar to Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós (“the dark river”), from *temH- (“dark”).[1][2][3] Also compare the cognates listed at Thames.

Pronunciation
View of the river

Proper noun

Tamarus m sg (genitive Tamarī); second declension

  1. A river of Hirpinia and tributary of the Calor, now called Tammaro

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tamarus
Genitive Tamarī
Dative Tamarō
Accusative Tamarum
Ablative Tamarō
Vocative Tamare

References
  • “Tamarus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. (1949). United Kingdom: The Society, p. 46
  2. DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
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