ταυρομαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “fight”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, 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 • (tauromăkhĭ́ā) 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 tauromăkhĭ́ā	τὼ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ tauromăkhĭ́ā	αἱ ταυρομᾰχῐ́αι hai tauromăkhĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês tauromăkhĭ́ās	τοῖν ταυρομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn tauromăkhĭ́ain	τῶν ταυρομᾰχῐῶν tôn tauromăkhĭôn
Dative	τῇ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi tauromăkhĭ́āi	τοῖν ταυρομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn tauromăkhĭ́ain	ταῖς ταυρομᾰχῐ́αις taîs tauromăkhĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn tauromăkhĭ́ān	τὼ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ tauromăkhĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s tauromăkhĭ́ās
Vocative	ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tauromăkhĭ́ā	ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tauromăkhĭ́ā	ταυρομᾰχῐ́αι tauromăkhĭ́ai
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