Τυρρηνός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Τυρσηνός (Tursēnós) — Ionic

Etymology

From τύρρις (túrrhis, “tower”), from τύρσις (túrsis), itself of Mediterranean (pre-Indo-European) substrate origin; see Latin Etrūscus for more.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tyr̥.r̥ɛː.nós/ → /tyr.riˈnos/ → /ti.riˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tyr̥.r̥ɛː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tyr.re̝ˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tyr.riˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tyr.riˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.riˈnos/

Noun

Τυρρηνός • (Turrhēnós) m (genitive Τυρρηνοῦ); second declension

1. an Etruscan

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Τυρρηνός; τοῦ Τυρρηνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Τυρρηνός ho Turrhēnós	τὼ Τυρρηνώ tṑ Turrhēnṓ	οἱ Τυρρηνοί hoi Turrhēnoí
Genitive	τοῦ Τυρρηνοῦ toû Turrhēnoû	τοῖν Τυρρηνοῖν toîn Turrhēnoîn	τῶν Τυρρηνῶν tôn Turrhēnôn
Dative	τῷ Τυρρηνῷ tôi Turrhēnôi	τοῖν Τυρρηνοῖν toîn Turrhēnoîn	τοῖς Τυρρηνοῖς toîs Turrhēnoîs
Accusative	τὸν Τυρρηνόν tòn Turrhēnón	τὼ Τυρρηνώ tṑ Turrhēnṓ	τοὺς Τυρρηνούς toùs Turrhēnoús
Vocative	Τυρρηνέ Turrhēné	Τυρρηνώ Turrhēnṓ	Τυρρηνοί Turrhēnoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā)
• Τυρρηνῐκός (Turrhēnikós)
• Τυρρηνῐ́ς (Turrhēnís)

Descendants

• Greek: Τυρρηνός m (Tyrrinós, “Etruscan”)
• Latin: Tyrrhēnus
  • English: Tyrrhene
  • French: tyrrhène
  • German: tyrrhenisch
  • Italian: tirreno
  • Sicilian: tirrinu
  • Spanish: tirreno

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
• Τυρρηνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τυρρηνός (Turrhēnós, “Estruscan”).

Noun

Τυρρηνός • (Tyrrinós) m (plural Τυρρηνοί, feminine Τυρρηνή)

1. Etruscan (a person, usually male, from Etruria or of Etruscan ethnicity).

Declension

Declension of Τυρρηνός

	singular	plural
nominative	Τυρρηνός •	Τυρρηνοί •
genitive	Τυρρηνού •	Τυρρηνών •
accusative	Τυρρηνό •	Τυρρηνούς •
vocative	Τυρρηνέ •	Τυρρηνοί •

Synonyms

• Ετρούσκος m or f (Etroúskos)

Related terms

• see: Τυρρηνία f (Tyrrinía, “Etruria”)

Further reading

• Τυρρηνός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el