Ταυρική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ταῦρος (Taûros, “one of the Tauri”) +‎ -ῐκή (-ikḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tau̯.ri.kɛ̌ː/ → /ta.βriˈci/ → /ta.vriˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tau̯.ri.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /taw.riˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.βriˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.vriˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.vriˈci/

Proper noun

Ταυρῐκή • (Taurikḗ) f (genitive Ταυρῐκῆς); first declension

1. Tauris; Taurica; Crimea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ταυρῐκή; τῆς Ταυρῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ταυρῐκή hē Taurikḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ταυρῐκῆς tês Taurikês
Dative	τῇ Ταυρῐκῇ têi Taurikêi
Accusative	τὴν Ταυρῐκήν tḕn Taurikḗn
Vocative	Ταυρῐκή Taurikḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ταυρική (Tavrikí)
• Latin: Taurica
• → Russian: Та́врика (Távrika)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
• Ταυρική in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette