τύῤῥις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τύρσις (túrsis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/ → /ˈti.ris/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ris/

Noun

τύῤῥις • (túrrhis) f (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”)

   Synonyms: πύργος (púrgos), ἔπαλξις (épalxis), προμαχών (promakhṓn)

Usage notes

• Attested in Hesychius', who gives the definition as:
  • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Τ:

    τύῤῥις· πύργος, ἔπαλξις, προμαχών

    túrrhis; púrgos, épalxis, promakhṓn

    túrrhis: tower, battlement, bastion

Further reading

• Hesychius' Lexicon: τ
• “τύρσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “τύρρις”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• τύρρις - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.