ταῦρος

See also Ταῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Cognates include Latin taurus, Old Prussian tauris and Old English stēor (English steer). Possibly of Semitic origin; confer Proto-Semitic *θawr-.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /tá͜ʊros/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /táwros/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /táβros/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /távros/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /távɾos/

Noun

ταῦρος (genitive ταύρου) m, second declension; (tauros)

1. bull, ox

Inflection

Second declension of ταῦρος, ταύρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ταῦρος	τὼ ταύρω	οἱ ταῦροι
Genitive	τοῦ ταύρου	τοῖν ταύροιν	τῶν ταύρων
Dative	τῷ ταύρῳ	τοῖν ταύροιν	τοῖς ταύροις
Accusative	τὸν ταῦρον	τὼ ταύρω	τοὺς ταύρους
Vocative	ταῦρε	ταύρω	ταῦροι

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5022