Taurica

See also: taurica

English

Alternative forms

• Taurida
• Tauris
• Tavria

Etymology

From Latin Taurica, from Ancient Greek Ταυρῐκή (Taurikḗ).

Proper noun

Taurica

1. (historical) The name by which the territory of the Crimean peninsula was known to the Greeks and Romans.

   Synonym: Tauric Chersonese

Translations

the name by which the territory of the Crimean peninsula was known to the Greeks and Romans

• Armenian: Տավրիս (Tavris)
• Georgian: ტავრო (ṭavro)
• Greek: Ταυρίδα (el) f (Tavrída), Ταυρική (el) f (Tavrikí)

  Ancient: Ταυρικῆ (Taurikê)

• Latin: Taurica f
• Russian: Та́врика (ru) f (Távrika), Таври́да (ru) f (Tavrída), Та́врия (ru) f (Távrija)
• Turkish: Tavriya
• Ukrainian: Та́врія (uk) f (Távrija), Таври́да f (Tavrýda), Та́врика f (Távryka)

Anagrams

• auratic

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.ri.ka/, [ˈt̪äu̯rɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯.ri.ka/, [ˈt̪äːu̯rikä]

Proper noun

Taurica f sg (genitive Tauricae); first declension

1. the Tauric Chersonese
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.91:

     Sarmatiae, Scythiae, Tauricae omnisque a Borysthene amne tractus longitudo DCCCCLXXX, latitudo DCCXVI a M. Agrippa tradita est.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Taurica
Genitive	Tauricae
Dative	Tauricae
Accusative	Tauricam
Ablative	Tauricā
Vocative	Taurica
Locative	Tauricae

Further reading

• Taurĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,546/3.: “Taurĭcus, a, um, Taurique, de la Tauride: Ov. P. 1, 2, 80; Plin. 4, 85 ‖ -rĭca, æ, f., la Chersonèse Taurique: Plin. 4, 91.”