Τόμυρις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Proto-Saka *Taumuriya.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Τόμυρῐς (Tómurisf (genitive Τομύριος); third declension

  1. a female given name from Scythian: The queen of the Massagetae

Declension

References

  1. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (2003) “Die skythischen Personennamen bei Herodot [Scythian Personal Names in Herodotus]”, in Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale (in German), volume 63, pages 1-31
  2. ^ Mikhail Bukharin (2011) “Колаксай и его братья (античная традиция о происхождении царской власти у скифов [Kolaxais and his Brothers (Classical Tradition on the Origin of the Royal Power of the Scythians)]”, in Аристей: вестник классической филологии и античной истории (in Russian), volume 3, retrieved 2022-07-13, pages 20-80

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