Taurica
See also: taurica
English
Etymology
From Latin Taurica, from Ancient Greek Ταυρῐκή (Taurikḗ).
Proper noun
Taurica
- (historical) The name by which the territory of the Crimean peninsula was known to the Greeks and Romans.
Synonyms
Translations
the name by which the territory of the Crimean peninsula was known to the Greeks and Romans
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtau̯.ri.ka/, [ˈt̪äu̯rɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtau̯.ri.ka/, [ˈt̪äːu̯rikä]
Proper noun
Taurica f sg (genitive Tauricae); first declension
- 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.”
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