Θυάτειρα
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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
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰyˈa.ti.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θyˈa.ti.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θyˈa.ti.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θiˈa.ti.ra/
Proper noun
Θυάτειρα • (Thuáteira) n (genitive Θυατείρων); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ tà Thuáteira | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Θυατείρων tôn Thuateírōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Θυατείροις toîs Thuateírois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ tà Thuáteira | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Θυάτειρᾰ Thuáteira | ||||||||||||
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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