τύρρις

τύρρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τύρσις (túrsis) – Ionic

Etymology

A Mediterranean substrate loan

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /týr̥.r̥is/ → /ˈtyr.ris/ → /ˈti.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /týr̥.r̥is/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr̥.r̥is/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ris/

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Noun

τύρρις • (túrrhis) ? (indeclinable)

1. tower

Further reading

• τύρρις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers