Definition of Taras

1. tara [n] - See also: tara

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taras

tarantases
tarantella
tarantellas
tarantelle
tarantism
tarantisms
tarantist
tarantists
tarantula
tarantulae
tarantulas
tarantulated
tarapacaite
taras (current term)
tarasque
tarasques
taratantara
taraxacin
taraxacum
tarbabies
tarbaby
tarbagan
tarbagans
tarball
tarboosh
tarbooshes
tarboush

Literary usage of Taras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1904)
"CHUAN I CONTD taras TO KAPIS. The account in the Records proceeds ... The Ta-lo-ssu of this passage is undoubtedly the taras or Talas of several old writers ..."

2. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1894)
"The truth is that the taras and Romans joined in the peace with the Lucanians *. Eleven Lucanians. vears later there was a treaty in force between Rome and ..."

3. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"(From the Little Russian of taras Shevchenko.) On the cross-road the kobzar* sits and plays ; round ... taras calls the Cossacks, and counsels with them ..."

4. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"H. taras. the white markings more extended ; it is greenish grey between the ... In the variety H. taras, which is not very uncommon, the white spots on the ..."

5. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"KARE OK UNPUBLISHED COINS OF taras. (See Plate X.) I PROPOSE in the present paper to give an account, illustrated by the autotype process, of some coins of ..."

6. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1900)
"taras is represented riding on his dolphin and sadly contemplating a ... taras was soon forced to seek a new champion. She invited Alexander of ..."

7. Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study by Nicholas F. Jones (1987)
"... of their existence alongside the innovating organization cannot reasonably be called into question. §6 taras MAGNA GRAECIA Two lead leaves from a tomb, ..."

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