Tyrus

English

Proper noun

Tyrus

1. Alternative form of Tyre

Anagrams

• Rusty, rusty, yurts

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Tyros

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤅𐤓 (ṣwr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈty.rus/, [ˈt̪ʏrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.rus/, [ˈt̪iːrus]

• Audio (Classical):

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Proper noun

Tyrus f sg (genitive Tyrī); second declension

1. Tyre (Phoenician city in modern Lebanon)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tyrus
Genitive	Tyrī
Dative	Tyrō
Accusative	Tyrum
Ablative	Tyrō
Vocative	Tyre
Locative	Tyrī

Derived terms

• tyrium
• tyrius

References

• “Tyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Tyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.