tabanus

See also: Tabanus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Argued from onomastic witnesses to be Etruscan, but unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

tabānus m (genitive tabānī); second declension

  1. gadfly, horsefly
    Synonyms: asīlus, oestrus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tabānus tabānī
Genitive tabānī tabānōrum
Dative tabānō tabānīs
Accusative tabānum tabānōs
Ablative tabānō tabānīs
Vocative tabāne tabānī

Descendants

  • Aromanian: davan, tãun
  • Catalan: tavà, tave, tàvec
  • Franco-Provençal: tavan, tôna
  • Friulian: tavan
  • Italian: tavano, tafano
  • Neapolitan: tavano
  • Occitan: tavan
  • Old French: tahon
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: tavão
    • Galician: tabán, atabán, tabao, tábao, tabau
    • Portuguese: tavão, tabão, atavão, atabão
  • Romanian: tăun
  • Sicilian: tavana, tafana
  • Spanish: tábano
  • Venetian: tavàn
  • Esperanto: tabano
  • Translingual: Tabanus

References

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