noun

Tŏmis

gen. Tŏmis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

or , , , = Τόμις or Τόμοι,

a town of Mœsia; on the Pontus Euxinus; famous as the place to which Ovid was banished

a town of Mœsia, 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,

the inhabitants of Tomis

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

belonging to Tomis; Tomitan •

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.

Perseus ID: n48504 Key: Tomis