Θάμυρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Thracian origin. Possibly also related to the river Tamyras.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Θᾰ́μῠρῐς • (Thắmŭrĭs) m (genitive Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδος); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Thamyris or Thamyras

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Θᾰ́μῠρῐς; τῆς Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Θᾰ́μῠρῐς
hē Thắmŭrĭs
Genitive τῆς Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδος
tês Thămŭ́rĭdos
Dative τῇ Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδῐ
tēî Thămŭ́rĭdĭ
Accusative τὴν Θᾰμῠ́ρῐδᾰ
tḕn Thămŭ́rĭdă
Vocative Θᾰ́μῠρῐς
Thắmŭrĭs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • Greek: Θάμυρις (Thámyris), Θαμύριδας (Thamýridas)
  • → Latin: Thamyris

References

  • “Θάμυρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Θάμυρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
  1. ^ The Canadian Journal of Science, Literature and History. (1873). Canada: Canadian Institute, p. 419-420
  2. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.33.3
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