Ταυρομενίτης

Ταυρομενίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ταυρομένῐον (Tauroménion, “Tauromenium; Taormina”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tau̯.ro.me.nǐː.tɛːs/ → /ta.βro.meˈni.tis/ → /ta.vro.meˈni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tau̯.ro.me.nǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /taw.ro.meˈni.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.βro.meˈni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.vro.meˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.vro.meˈni.tis/

Noun

Ταυρομενῑ́της • (Tauromenī́tēs) m (genitive Ταυρομενῑ́του); first declension

1. an inhabitant of Tauromenium or Taormina; a Tauromenite

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ταυρομενῑ́της; τοῦ Ταυρομενῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ταυρομενῑ́της ho Tauromenī́tēs	τὼ Ταυρομενῑ́τᾱ tṑ Tauromenī́tā	οἱ Ταυρομενῖται hoi Tauromenîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Ταυρομενῑ́του toû Tauromenī́tou	τοῖν Ταυρομενῑ́ταιν toîn Tauromenī́tain	τῶν Ταυρομενῑτῶν tôn Tauromenītôn
Dative	τῷ Ταυρομενῑ́τῃ tôi Tauromenī́tēi	τοῖν Ταυρομενῑ́ταιν toîn Tauromenī́tain	τοῖς Ταυρομενῑ́ταις toîs Tauromenī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Ταυρομενῑ́την tòn Tauromenī́tēn	τὼ Ταυρομενῑ́τᾱ tṑ Tauromenī́tā	τοὺς Ταυρομενῑ́τᾱς toùs Tauromenī́tās
Vocative	Ταυρομενῖτᾰ Tauromenîta	Ταυρομενῑ́τᾱ Tauromenī́tā	Ταυρομενῖται Tauromenîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ταυρομενίτης (Tavromenítis)
• Latin: Tauromenītēs

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Ταυρομενίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette