Latin

Pronounciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.na.ɡer/, [ˈta.na.ɡɛr]

View of the river

Proper noun

Tanager m ‎(genitive Tanagrī); second declension

1. A river of Lucania tributary of the Silarus, now the Tanagro

Declension

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

¹May also be Tanagre.

References

• Tanager in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Tanager”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

tanager ‎(plural tanagers)

1. Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests, formerly all within the family Thraupidae, but now with some species placed in other families with birds such as finches and cardinals.
   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter V”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

Translations

Derived terms

• tanagrine

References

1. ↑ “tanager” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• granate