Tomis
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See also: tomis
Alternative forms
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
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