Τύρος
See also: τυρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr) or 𐤑𐤅𐤓 (ṣwr), cognate with Biblical Hebrew צוֹר (ṣôr) and Aramaic טור.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tý.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈty.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈty.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈty.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.ros/
Proper noun
Τῠ́ρος • (Túros) f (genitive Τῠ́ρου); second declension
- Tyre, a Phoenician city.
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Τῠ́ρος; τῆς Τῠ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Τῠ́ρος hē Túros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Τῠ́ρου tês Túrou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Τῠ́ρῳ têi Túrōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Τῠ́ρον tḕn Túron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Τῠ́ρε Túre | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τύρινος (túrinos)
- Τῠ́ρῐος (Túrios)
Descendants
- → English: Tyre
- Greek: Τύρος (Týros)
- → Latin: Tyrus
References
- “Τύρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5184 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τῠ́ρος (Túros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiɾos/
- Hyphenation: Τυ‧ρος
Proper noun
Τύρος • (Týros) f
- Tyre (a city in Lebanon)
Declension
Τύρος
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | Τυρος • |
genitive | Τυρου • |
accusative | Τυρο • |
vocative | Τυρε • Τυρο • |
Further reading
Τύρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el