Tentyra
Latin
Alternative forms
- Tentyris
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τέντυρα (Téntura), itself from Egyptian
(tꜣ-n-tꜣ-rrt).
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈten.ty.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ʏrä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈten.ti.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪irä]
Proper noun
Tentyra n pl (genitive Tentyrōrum); second declension
- a city of Upper Egypt, now Dendera
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Tentyra |
Genitive | Tentyrōrum |
Dative | Tentyrīs |
Accusative | Tentyra |
Ablative | Tentyrīs |
Vocative | Tentyra |
Locative | Tentyrīs |
Related terms
- Tentyrītes
- Tentyrīticus
References
- “Tentyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Tentyra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Tentyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette