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Θαψάκου (Thapsakou)

Θαψάκου is an Ancient Greek form of Θάψακος, meaning “Thapsakos — a town of considerable importance on the right bank of the Euphrates, in lat”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 43 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Strabo, Geography 2.1.21: … τὸ ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος ἐπὶ τοῦ διʼ αὐτῆς μεσημβρινοῦ ἐπὶ τὰ ἀρκτικὰ ὄρη πλείους εἶναι τῶν ἑξακισχιλίων· οὔτε τὸ ἀπὸ Θαψάκου ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη διςχιλίων καὶ ἑκατόν φησιν Ἐρατοσθένης, ἀλλʼ εἶναί τι λοιπὸν ἀκαταμέτρητον, ὥσθʼ ἡ ἑξῆς ἔφοδος ἐκ …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.