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proper noun · neutersecond declension

Tauromenium

Tauromenium n sg (genitive Tauromeniī or Tauromenī)
Classical[tau̯.rɔˈmɛ.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[tau̯.roˈmɛː.ni.um]

Meaning

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

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeTauromenium—
genitiveTauromeniī
Tauromenī		—
dativeTauromeniō—
accusativeTauromenium—
ablativeTauromeniō—
vocativeTauromenium—
locativeTauromeniī—

Taurŏmĕnĭum (Taurŏmĭnĭum), ii, n.,
I. a town in the eastern part of Sicily, now Taormina, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88; Cic. Att. 16, 11, 7. — Called also Taurŏmĕnon, Ov. F. 4, 475. — Hence, Taurŏmĕnītā-nus, a, um (the o long in Sid. Carm. 9, 163), adj., of or belonging to Tauromenium, Tauromenian: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 13: euripus, Plin. 2, 97, 100, § 219: Charybdis, Luc. 4, 461; cf. Sil. 14, 256: colles, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 25: vina, id. 14, 6, 8, § 66.—As subst.: Taurŏmĕnītāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tauromenium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; 2, 5, 19, § 49.

Origins

From Ancient Greek Ταυρομένιον (Tauroménion).

Descendants
  • ItalianTaormina
  • SicilianTaurmina

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyTauromeniumTauromenium (Ταυρομένιον: Eth. Ταυρομενίτης, Eth. Tauromenitanus: Taormina), a Greek city of Sicily, situated on the E. coast of Sicily, about midway …

Quick answers

What does Tauromenium mean in Latin?
Tauromenium, a proper noun, means “a city in Sicily, situated between Messana and Catana, now Taormina”.
What is the genitive of Tauromenium?
The genitive singular is Tauromeniī. Tauromenium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce Tauromenium?
In classical Latin, [tau̯.rɔˈmɛ.ni.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tau̯.roˈmɛː.ni.um].