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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυρνησσός (Lurnēssós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lyrnessus f sg (genitive Lyrnessī); second declension
- A town of Troad mentioned by Homer
- A town of Pamphylia situated on the Catarrhactes
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Lyrnessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lyrnessus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly