Tauromenium
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ταυρομένιον (Tauroménion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tau̯.roˈme.ni.um/, [t̪äu̯rɔˈmɛniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tau̯.roˈme.ni.um/, [t̪äu̯roˈmɛːnium]
Proper noun
Tauromenium n sg (genitive Tauromeniī or Tauromenī); second declension
Declension
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
- 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.
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