Taurica

== English == === Alternative forms === Taurida Tauris Tavria === Etymology === From Latin Taurica, from Ancient Greek Ταυρῐκή (Taurĭkḗ). === Proper noun === Taurica (historical) An ancient geographic region and peninsula, the name used by the Greeks and Romans for the modern Crimean Peninsula in Eastern Europe, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia. Synonym: Tauric Chersonese ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === auratic == Latin == === Etymology === Ancient Greek Ταυρική (Taurikḗ, “Crimea”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtau̯.rɪ.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtaːu̯.ri.ka] === Proper noun === Taurica f sg (genitive Tauricae); first declension (historical) Taurica, the Tauric Chersonese (an ancient geographic region and peninsula, the name used by the Greeks and Romans for the modern Crimean Peninsula in Eastern Europe, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but occupied by Russia) Synonyms: Chersonēsus Taurica, Crimaea ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === Further reading === “Taurĭcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,546/3: “Taurĭcus, a, um, Taurique, de la Tauride: Ov. P. 1, 2, 80; Plin. 4, 85 ‖ -rĭca, æ, f., la Chersonèse Taurique: Plin. 4, 91.”