Tyras
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τύρας (Túras), 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”). Compare the Gallic settlement Autricum.
Also spelled as Τύρις (Túris) and survived in Turkish as Turla.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈty.raːs/, [ˈt̪ʏräːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈti.ras/, [ˈt̪iːräs]
Proper noun edit
Tyrās m sg (genitive Tyrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Tyrās |
| Genitive | Tyrae |
| Dative | Tyrae |
| Accusative | Tyrān |
| Ablative | Tyrā |
| Vocative | Tyrā |
References edit
- “Tyras”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Tyras in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Tyras”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Herod. iv. 11, 47, 82; Scylax, p. 29; Strab. i. p. 14; Mela, ii. 1, etc.; also Schaffarik, Slav. Alterth. i. p. 505.
- Archaeology and Language I: Theoretical and Methodological Orientations (2003), p. 297
Swedish edit
Proper noun edit
Tyras