Tauromenium
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ταυρομένιον (Tauroménion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tau̯.rɔˈmɛ.ni.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪au̯.roˈmɛː.ni.um]
Proper noun
Tauromenium n sg (genitive Tauromeniī or Tauromenī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| 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
- Tauromenitānus
Descendants
- Italian: Taormina
References
- “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.