Τύλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be from Dilmun. May also be related to Hebrew טָלֶה.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Proper noun

Τῠ́λος • (Túlos) m (genitive Τῠ́λου); second declension

1. Tylos (old name for Bahrain)
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 13.9.5:

     καὶ ἐποίει τὸν πλοῦν ἐπὶ Τύλον τὴν νῆσον καὶ ἐποίει τὸν ἀπόπλουν ἐπὶ Σελευκείας.

     kaì epoíei tòn ploûn epì Túlon tḕn nêson kaì epoíei tòn apóploun epì Seleukeías.

     He then sailed to the island of Tylos, and thence to Seleucia.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Τῠ́λος; τοῦ Τῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τῠ́λος ho Túlos
Genitive	τοῦ Τῠ́λου toû Túlou
Dative	τῷ Τῠ́λῳ tôi Túlōi
Accusative	τὸν Τῠ́λον tòn Túlon
Vocative	Τῠ́λε Túle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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