τάρανδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • τάρανδρος (tárandros)

Etymology

Possibly of Pre-Greek origin when compared with Latin parandrum; however, a comparison with Old Ossetic *θharan-tara-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(e)ren-tero-, suggests a derivation from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).[1]

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
tôi 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. 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 1450

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάρανδος (tárandos), of unknown etymology. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šardo, *šardō or *šordō. There doesn't appear to be any link to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros).

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

Noun

τάρανδος • (tárandos) m (plural τάρανδοι)

  1. reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension
declension of τάρανδος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative τάρανδος • τάρανδοι •
genitive τάρανδου •,  ταράνδου • τάρανδων •,  ταράνδων •
accusative τάρανδο • τάρανδους •,  ταράνδους •
vocative τάρανδε • τάρανδοι •
Second forms are formal. 
  • ελάφι n (eláfi, “deer”)
  • καριμπού n (karimpoú, “caribou”)

Further reading
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