Τύρος
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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
Derived terms
Descendants
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
Proper noun
Τύρος • (Týros) f
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Τυρος (Tyros) |
| genitive | Τυρου (Tyrou) |
| accusative | Τυρο (Tyro) |
| vocative | Τυρε (Tyre) Τυρο (Tyro) |
Further reading
Τύρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
