Thyrium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Thȳraeum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θύριον (Thúrion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰyː.ri.um/, [ˈt̪ʰyːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ri.um/, [ˈt̪iːrium]

Proper noun

Thȳrium n sg (genitive Thȳriī or Thȳrī); second declension

1. A city in Acarnania, whose exact location is still unknown

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Thȳrium
Genitive	Thȳriī Thȳrī1
Dative	Thȳriō
Accusative	Thȳrium
Ablative	Thȳriō
Vocative	Thȳrium
Locative	Thȳriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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