Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυρνησσός (Lurnēssós).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Lyrnessus f sg (genitive Lyrnessī); second declension

  1. A town of Troad mentioned by Homer
  2. A town of Pamphylia situated on the Catarrhactes

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lyrnessus
Genitive Lyrnessī
Dative Lyrnessō
Accusative Lyrnessum
Ablative Lyrnessō
Vocative Lyrnesse
Locative Lyrnessī

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Lyrnessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Lyrnessus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly