ταυρομαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tau̯.ro.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /ta.βro.maˈçi.a/ → /ta.vro.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tau̯.ro.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /taw.ro.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.βro.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.vro.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.vro.maˈçi.a/

Noun

ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (tauromakhíā) f (genitive ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. tauromachy, bullfighting

Declension

First declension of ἡ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē tauromakhíā	τὼ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ tauromakhíā	αἱ ταυρομᾰχῐ́αι hai tauromakhíai
Genitive	τῆς ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês tauromakhíās	τοῖν ταυρομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn tauromakhíain	τῶν ταυρομᾰχῐῶν tôn tauromakhiôn
Dative	τῇ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi tauromakhíāi	τοῖν ταυρομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn tauromakhíain	ταῖς ταυρομᾰχῐ́αις taîs tauromakhíais
Accusative	τὴν ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn tauromakhíān	τὼ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ tauromakhíā	τᾱ̀ς ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s tauromakhíās
Vocative	ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tauromakhíā	ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tauromakhíā	ταυρομᾰχῐ́αι tauromakhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: tauromachy
• → Italian: tauromachia

Further reading

• “ταυρομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ταυρομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette