Tomis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Tŏmis, is, f., or Tŏmi, ōrum, m., = Τόμις or Τόμοι,

I a town of Moesia , on the Pontus Euxinus , famous as the place to which Ovid was banished. —Form Tomis, Ov. P. 4, 14, 59; id. Tr. 3, 9, 33.—Form Tŏmi, ōrum, m., Stat. S. 1, 2, 254; Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 70; Sid. Carm. 23, 159.—And after the Greek orthog., Tŏmoe , Mel. 2, 2, 5. — Hence,

A Tŏmītae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Tomis , Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 85.—

B Tŏmītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tomis , Tomitan : terra, Ov. P. 1, 1, 1: harena, id. ib. 1, 6, 49: nurus, id. ib. 3, 8, 10.

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