Tomis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Tomī === Etymology === 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. === Proper noun === Tomis f sg (genitive Tomis); third declension A town of Lower Moesia situated on the coast of Black Sea and famous as the place where Ovid was banished ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Tomītae Tomītānus === References === “Tomis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Tomis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Tomis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly