Taurini
English
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Noun
[edit]Taurini pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Celto-Ligurian tribe of ancient Piedmont, whose chief town was Taurasi, near Turin.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed, suggestions include:
- Derivative of Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”)[1]
- Borrowed through Ancient Ligurian or another Celtic language from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”); folk etymology would later connect the name directly to the Latin cognate taurus.[2]
Proper noun
[edit]Taurīnī m pl (genitive Taurīnōrum); second declension
- A Celto-Ligurian tribe of ancient Piedmont, whose chief town was Taurasia, later Augusta Taurinorum, now Turin.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Taurīnī |
| genitive | Taurīnōrum |
| dative | Taurīnīs |
| accusative | Taurīnōs |
| ablative | Taurīnīs |
| vocative | Taurīnī |
Descendants
[edit]- Italian: Torino (see there for further descendants)
- Piedmontese: Turin (see there for further descendants)
References
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- English terms with historical senses
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Ligurian
- Latin terms derived from Celtic languages
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin pluralia tantum
- la:Tribes