Θάμυρις

Θάμυρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Θᾰμῠ́ρᾱς (Thamúrās) – Attic

Etymology

Of Thracian origin. Possibly also related to the river Tamyras.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰá.my.ris/ → /ˈθa.my.ris/ → /ˈθa.mi.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰá.my.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰa.my.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.my.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.my.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.mi.ris/

Proper noun

Θᾰ́μῠρῐς • (Thámuris) m (genitive Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Thamyris or Thamyras

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Θᾰ́μῠρῐς; τῆς Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Θᾰ́μῠρῐς hē Thámuris
Genitive	τῆς Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδος tês Thamúridos
Dative	τῇ Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδῐ têi Thamúridi
Accusative	τὴν Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδᾰ tḕn Thamúrida
Vocative	Θᾰ́μῠρῐς Thámuris
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Θάμυρις (Thámyris), Θαμύριδας (Thamýridas)
• → Latin: Thamyris

References

• “Θάμυρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Θάμυρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027

1. The Canadian Journal of Science, Literature and History. (1873). Canada: Canadian Institute, p. 419-420
2. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.33.3