taurocenta

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, bull) and Ancient Greek κεντέω (kentéō, goad); compare βουκέντης (boukéntēs, ox-driver, ox-goader).

Pronunciation

Noun

taurocenta m (genitive taurocentae); first declension

  1. a bullfighter

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative taurocenta taurocentae
genitive taurocentae taurocentārum
dative taurocentae taurocentīs
accusative taurocentam taurocentās
ablative taurocentā taurocentīs
vocative taurocenta taurocentae

References

  • taurocenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • taurocenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.