Τύρας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Τύρης (Túrēs) — Ionic

Etymology

From Scythian tūra (“quick, rapid, strong”), from an Indo-Iranian root shared with Sanskrit तुर (tura, “quick, strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teur (“strong”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tý.raːs/ → /ˈty.ras/ → /ˈti.ras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tý.raːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈty.ras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈty.ras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈty.ras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ras/

Proper noun

Τῠ́ρᾱς • (Túrās) m (genitive Τῠ́ρου); first declension

1. river Tyras, now the river Dniester

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Τῠ́ρᾱς; τοῦ Τῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τῠ́ρᾱς ho Túrās
Genitive	τοῦ Τῠ́ρου toû Túrou
Dative	τῷ Τῠ́ρᾳ tôi Túrāi
Accusative	τὸν Τῠ́ρᾱν tòn Túrān
Vocative	Τῠ́ρᾱ Túrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Tyras

References

• Τύρας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette