Ταυρώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tau̯.rɔ̌ː/ → /taˈβro/ → /taˈvro/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tau̯.rɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tawˈro/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /taˈβro/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /taˈvro/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /taˈvro/

Proper noun

Ταυρώ • (Taurṓ) f (genitive Ταυροῦς); third declension

1. a name of Artemis

   Synonyms: Ἄρτεμῐς (Ártemis), Ταυροπόλος (Tauropólos)

   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ταυρώ; τῆς Ταυροῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ταυρώ hē Taurṓ
Genitive	τῆς Ταυροῦς tês Tauroûs
Dative	τῇ Ταυροῖ têi Tauroî
Accusative	τὴν Ταυρώ tḕn Taurṓ
Vocative	Ταυροῖ Tauroî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “Ταυρώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press