Tentyra

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τέντυρα (Téntura), itself from Egyptian
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(tꜣ-n-tꜣ-rrt).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tentyra n pl (genitive Tentyrōrum); second declension

  1. a city of Upper Egypt, now Dendera

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Tentyra
genitive Tentyrōrum
dative Tentyrīs
accusative Tentyra
ablative Tentyrīs
vocative Tentyra
locative Tentyrīs

References

  • Tentyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Tentyra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Tentyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.