Τύρας
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Scythian tūra (“quick, rapid, strong”), from an Indo-Iranian root shared with Sanskrit तुर (tura, “quick, strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teur (“strong”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tý.raːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈty.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈty.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈty.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.ras/
Proper noun edit
Τῠ́ρᾱς • (Túrās) m (genitive Τῠ́ρου); first declension
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
- → Latin: Tyras
References edit
- Τύρας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette