Tauromenium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταυρομένιον (Tauroménion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tau̯.roˈme.ni.um/, [t̪äu̯rɔˈmɛniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tau̯.roˈme.ni.um/, [t̪äu̯roˈmɛːnium]

Proper noun

Tauromenium n sg (genitive Tauromeniī or Tauromenī); second declension

1. A city in Sicily, situated between Messana and Catana, now Taormina

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tauromenium
Genitive	Tauromeniī Tauromenī1
Dative	Tauromeniō
Accusative	Tauromenium
Ablative	Tauromeniō
Vocative	Tauromenium
Locative	Tauromeniī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Tauromenitānus

Descendants

• Italian: Taormina

References

• “Tauromenium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Tauromenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.