Ταυρική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ταῦρος (Taûros, “one of the Tauri”) +‎ -ῐκή (-ĭkḗ).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ταυρῐκή • (Taurĭkḗ) f (genitive Ταυρῐκῆς); first declension

  1. (historical) Tauris, Taurica (an ancient geographic region and peninsula, the name used by the Greeks and Romans for the modern Crimean Peninsula in Eastern Europe, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ταυρῐκή; τῆς Ταυρῐκῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ταυρῐκή
hē Taurĭkḗ
Genitive τῆς Ταυρῐκῆς
tês Taurĭkês
Dative τῇ Ταυρῐκῇ
tēî Taurĭkēî
Accusative τὴν Ταυρῐκήν
tḕn Taurĭkḗn
Vocative Ταυρῐκή
Taurĭkḗ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ταυρική (Tavrikí)
  • Latin: Taurica
  • → Russian: Та́врика (Távrika)

References

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