Tauromenium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ταυρομένιον (Tauroménion).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tau̯.roˈme.ni.um/, [t̪äu̯rɔˈmɛniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tau̯.roˈme.ni.um/, [t̪äu̯roˈmɛːnium]
Proper noun[edit]
Tauromenium n sg (genitive Tauromeniī or Tauromenī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tauromenium |
Genitive | Tauromeniī Tauromenī1 |
Dative | Tauromeniō |
Accusative | Tauromenium |
Ablative | Tauromeniō |
Vocative | Tauromenium |
Locative | Tauromeniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: Taormina
References[edit]
- “Tauromenium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Tauromenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.