Taurica
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Taurica, from Ancient Greek Ταυρῐκή (Taurikḗ).
Proper noun
[edit]Taurica
- (historical) The name by which the territory of the Crimean peninsula was known to the Greeks and Romans.
- Synonym: Tauric Chersonese
Translations
[edit]the name by which the territory of the Crimean peninsula was known to the Greeks and Romans
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[edit]Latin
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtau̯.ri.ka/, [ˈt̪äu̯rɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtau̯.ri.ka/, [ˈt̪äːu̯rikä]
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Taurica |
genitive | Tauricae |
dative | Tauricae |
accusative | Tauricam |
ablative | Tauricā |
vocative | Taurica |
locative | Tauricae |
Further reading
[edit]- 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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