Tomyris

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Latin

Alternative forms

Thamyris

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τόμυρις (Tómuris).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈto.my.ris/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.mi.ris/,

Proper noun

Tomyris f sg (genitive Tomyris); third declension

The queen of the Massagetae who killed Cyrus in battle

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tomyris
genitive	Tomyris
dative	Tomyrī
accusative	Tomyrem
ablative	Tomyre
vocative	Tomyris

References

“Tomyris”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Tomyris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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