Tauricaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Taurida
• Tauris
• Tavria

語源

From Latin Taurica, from Ancient Greek Ταυρῐκή (Taurĭkḗ).

固有名詞

Taurica

1. (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

アナグラム

• auratic

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈtau̯.rɪ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈt̪aːu̯.ri.ka]

固有名詞

Taurica f sg (genitive Tauricae); first declension

1. (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)
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.91:

     Sarmatiae, Scythiae, Tauricae omnisque a Borysthene amne tractus longitudo DCCCCLXXX, latitudo DCCXVI a M. Agrippa tradita est.

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   • Synonyms: Chersonēsus Taurica, Crimaea

語形変化

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.”