Tauri
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains. historical, plural, plural-only
"Who these Tauri were is a question of some difficulty. Strabo calls them a Scythian people, but Herodotus clearly distinguishes the Tauri from the Scythians, as being a different nation."
Example
More examples"Who these Tauri were is a question of some difficulty. Strabo calls them a Scythian people, but Herodotus clearly distinguishes the Tauri from the Scythians, as being a different nation."
Etymology
From Latin Taurī, from Ancient Greek Ταῦροι (Taûroi).