Θυάτειρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Lydian for "castle of Thya," from the name 𐤣𐤧𐤠‎ (dya). Stephanus of Byzantium thought it to be from θυγάτηρ (thugátēr, “daughter”), though this has been dismissed as folk etymology.

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈa.ti.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈa.ti.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈa.ti.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈa.ti.ra/

Proper noun

Θυάτειρα • (Thuáteira) n (genitive Θυατείρων); second declension

Thyatira; Akhisar, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ; τῶν Θυατείρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ tà Thuáteira
Genitive	τῶν Θυατείρων tôn Thuateírōn
Dative	τοῖς Θυατείροις toîs Thuateírois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ tà Thuáteira
Vocative	Θυάτειρᾰ Thuáteira
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: Thyatira

References

Θυάτειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Stephanus of Byzantium, De Urbibus ("On cities")
Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott, eds., Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Oxford University Press, 1883.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Volume 1, p. 2977