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
 

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.