Tomis

See also: tomis

Latin

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

  1. 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.

Case Singular
Nominative Tomis
Genitive Tomis
Dative Tomī
Accusative Tomem
Ablative Tome
Vocative Tomis
Locative Tomī
Tome
  • 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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