taurocenta

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) and Ancient Greek κεντέω (kentéō, “goad”); compare βουκέντης (boukéntēs, “ox-driver, ox-goader”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tau̯.roˈken.ta/, [t̪äu̯rɔˈkɛn̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tau̯.roˈt͡ʃen.ta/, [t̪äu̯roˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪ä]

Noun

taurocenta m (genitive taurocentae); first declension

1. a bullfighter

Declension

First-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	taurocenta	taurocentae
genitive	taurocentae	taurocentārum
dative	taurocentae	taurocentīs
accusative	taurocentam	taurocentās
ablative	taurocentā	taurocentīs
vocative	taurocenta	taurocentae

References

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