Tavium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tavia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταουίον (Taouíon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈta.u̯i.um/, [ˈt̪äu̯iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.vi.um/, [ˈt̪äːvium]

Proper noun

Tavium n sg (genitive Taviī or Tavī); second declension

1. The chief town of the Trocmi in Galatia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tavium
genitive	Taviī Tavī1
dative	Taviō
accusative	Tavium
ablative	Taviō
vocative	Tavium
locative	Taviī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Tavium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Tavium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.