Tauromenium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταυρομένιον (Tauroménion).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tau̯.roˈme.ni.um/, [tau̯.rɔˈmɛ.ni.ũ]

Proper noun

Tauromenium n (genitive Tauromeniī or Tauromenī); second declension

  1. A city of Sicily, situated between Messana and Catana, now Taormina

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Tauromenium
Genitive Tauromeniī
Tauromenī1
Dative Tauromeniō
Accusative Tauromenium
Ablative Tauromeniō
Vocative Tauromenium

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms
  • Tauromenitānus

Descendants

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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