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Tŏmis , is, f., or Tŏmi , ōrum, m., = Τόμις or Τόμοι,
I.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,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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