Tanis

See also: tanis, tanış, and tanīs

English

Proper noun

Tanis

plural of Tani

Anagrams

Astin, Insta, Saint, Santi, Sinta, Tians, antis, insta-, saint, sat in, satin, stain, stian, tians, tisan

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τάνις (Tánis), itself from Egyptian

(ḏꜥnt).

Proper noun

Tanis f sg (genitive Tanis); third declension

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

Declension

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

Case	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

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