Ταῦρος

See also: ταύρος, Ταύρος, and ταῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tâu̯.ros/ → /ˈta.βros/ → /ˈta.vros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tâu̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtaw.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.βros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.vros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.vros/

Proper noun

Ταῦρος • (Taûros) m (genitive Ταύρου); second declension

1. Any individual among the Tauri people, a Crimean.
2. The Taurus Mountains.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ταῦρος; τοῦ Ταύρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ταῦρος ho Taûros	τὼ Ταύρω tṑ Taúrō	οἱ Ταῦροι hoi Taûroi
Genitive	τοῦ Ταύρου toû Taúrou	τοῖν Ταύροιν toîn Taúroin	τῶν Ταύρων tôn Taúrōn
Dative	τῷ Ταύρῳ tôi Taúrōi	τοῖν Ταύροιν toîn Taúroin	τοῖς Ταύροις toîs Taúrois
Accusative	τὸν Ταῦρον tòn Taûron	τὼ Ταύρω tṑ Taúrō	τοὺς Ταύρους toùs Taúrous
Vocative	Ταῦρε Taûre	Ταύρω Taúrō	Ταῦροι Taûroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ταυρῐκή (Taurikḗ)

Descendants

• Greek: Ταύρος (Távros)
• Latin: Taurus
• → Russian: тавр (tavr)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • taurus (mt.) idem, page 857.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,007, 1,026