Ταυρομένιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tau̯.ro.mé.ni.on/ → /ta.βroˈme.ni.on/ → /ta.vroˈme.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tau̯.ro.mé.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /taw.roˈme.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.βroˈme.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.vroˈme.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.vroˈme.ni.on/

Proper noun

Ταυρομένῐον • (Tauroménion) n (genitive Ταυρομενῐ́ου); second declension

1. Tauromenium; Taormina, Sicily, Italy

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Ταυρομένῐον; τοῦ Ταυρομενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Ταυρομένῐον tò Tauroménion
Genitive	τοῦ Ταυρομενῐ́ου toû Tauromeníou
Dative	τῷ Ταυρομενῐ́ῳ tôi Tauromeníōi
Accusative	τὸ Ταυρομένῐον tò Tauroménion
Vocative	Ταυρομένῐον Tauroménion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ταυρομενῑ́της (Tauromenī́tēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Ταυρομένιο (Tavroménio)
• Italian: Taormina
• Latin: Tauromenium
• Sicilian: Taurmina

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Ταυρομένιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette