Tauromenium

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ταυρομένιον (Tauroménion). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tau̯.rɔˈmɛ.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tau̯.roˈmɛː.ni.um] === Proper noun === Tauromenium n sg (genitive Tauromeniī or Tauromenī); second declension a city in Sicily, situated between Messana and Catana, now Taormina ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Tauromenitānus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Taormina Sicilian: Taurmina === References === “Tauromenium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Tauromenium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.