proper nounTărasTARAS☆ KeepMeaningA son of NeptuneLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879TARASLEWIS & SHORTTARASTăras, antis, m., = Τάρας. I. A son of Neptune, and founder of the city of Tarentum, Stat. S. 1, 1, 103.—II. The city of Tarentum, Luc. 5, 376.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyTarasTaras (Τάρας), a son of Poseidon by a nymph, is said to have traversed the sea from the promontory of Taenarum to the south of Italy, riding on a dolp…