Taygetus

Taygetus

1. Alternative form of Taygetos.

• Tāygeta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταΰγετον (Taǘgeton).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [taːˈy.ɡɛ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪aˈiː.d͡ʒe.t̪us]

Tāygetus m sg (genitive Tāygetī); second declension

1. Taygetos (ridge of mountains of Laconia)

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Taygetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Taygetus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Taygeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.