taurophthalmon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek *ταυρόφθαλμον (*tauróphthalmon), from ταῦρος (taûros, “bull, possibly ox”) + ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”). Attested only in Pseudo-Apuleius (c. 4th century CE).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tau̯.ropʰˈtʰal.mon/, [t̪äu̯rɔpʰˈt̪ʰäɫ̪mɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tau̯.rofˈtal.mon/, [t̪äu̯rofˈt̪älmon]

Noun

taurophthalmon n (genitive taurophthalmī); second declension

1. (Late Latin, hapax) the oxeye, a kind of rosemary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	taurophthalmon	taurophthalma
genitive	taurophthalmī	taurophthalmōrum
dative	taurophthalmō	taurophthalmīs
accusative	taurophthalmon	taurophthalma
ablative	taurophthalmō	taurophthalmīs
vocative	taurophthalmon	taurophthalma

References

• “taurophthalmon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taurophthalmon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.