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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔλυρος (Éluros).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elyrus f sg (genitive Elyrī); second declension
- A town of Crete situated between Cydonia and Lissus
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Elyrus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly