ταυρομαχία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) + μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tau̯.ro.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /taw.ro.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ta.βro.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ta.vro.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ta.vro.maˈçi.a/
Noun
ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (tauromakhíā) f (genitive ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē tauromakhíā |
τὼ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ tauromakhíā |
αἱ ταυρομᾰχῐ́αι hai tauromakhíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês tauromakhíās |
τοῖν ταυρομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn tauromakhíain |
τῶν ταυρομᾰχῐῶν tôn tauromakhiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi tauromakhíāi |
τοῖν ταυρομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn tauromakhíain |
ταῖς ταυρομᾰχῐ́αις taîs tauromakhíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn tauromakhíān |
τὼ ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ tauromakhíā |
τᾱ̀ς ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s tauromakhíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tauromakhíā |
ταυρομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tauromakhíā |
ταυρομᾰχῐ́αι tauromakhíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: tauromachy
- → Italian: tauromachia
Further reading
- “ταυρομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ταυρομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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