proper noun · femininethird declension
Tomis
Tomis f sg (genitive Tomis)
Meaning
- femininesingularA town of Lower Moesia situated on the coast of Black Sea and famous as the place where Ovid was banished
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tomis | — |
| genitive | Tomis | — |
| dative | Tomī | — |
| accusative | Tomem | — |
| ablative | Tome | — |
| vocative | Tomis | — |
| locative | Tomī Tome | — |
Tŏmis, is, f., or Tŏmi, ōrum, m., = Τόμις or Τόμοι,
I. a town of Mœsia, on the Pontus Euxinus, famous as the place to which Ovid was banished.—Form Tomis, Ov. P. 4, 14, 59; id. Tr. 3, 9, 33.—Form Tŏmi, ōrum, m., Stat. S. 1, 2, 254; Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 70; Sid. Carm. 23, 159.—And after the Greek orthog., Tŏmoe, Mel. 2, 2, 5. — Hence,
B. Tŏmītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tomis, Tomitan:
terra, Ov. P. 1, 1, 1: harena, id. ib. 1, 6, 49: nurus, id. ib. 3, 8, 10.Origins
From Ancient Greek Τόμις (Tómis). A folk etymology presented by Ovid in Tristia, Book III, describes the name as being derived from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”), recounting the Medea story of Greek mythology.