proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Taburnus
Taburnus m sg (genitive Taburnī)
Classical[taˈbʊr.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[taˈbur.nus]
Meaning
- masculinesingularA mountain situated between the valleys of the Calore and of the Isclero in Campania
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Taburnus | — |
| genitive | Taburnī | — |
| dative | Taburnō | — |
| accusative | Taburnum | — |
| ablative | Taburnō | — |
| vocative | Taburne | — |
Tăburnus, i, m.,
I. a small mountainchain south of Caudium, between Samnium and Campania, abounding in olives, now Monte Taburno, Verg. G. 2, 38; Grat. Cyn. 509.
Origins
Borrowed through Oscan, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tebʰ- (“post, pillar, base”).