Tauri, ōrum, m.,
the Taurians , a Thracian people , living in what is now Crimea , who sacrificed foreigners to Diana , Mel. 2, 1, 11; Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; Ov. P. 3, 2, 45.— Hence, Taurĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Taurians , Taurian , Tauric : Chersonesus, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85: terra, Ov. P. 1, 2, 80: sacra, id. Ib. 386: ara, id. Tr. 4, 4, 63.