Τύρας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Τύρης (Túrēs) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-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 • (Tŭ́rās) 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 Tŭ́rās
Genitive τοῦ Τῠ́ρου
toû Tŭ́rou
Dative τῷ Τῠ́ρᾳ
tōî Tŭ́rāi
Accusative τὸν Τῠ́ρᾱν
tòn Tŭ́rān
Vocative Τῠ́ρᾱ
Tŭ́rā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: Tyras

References

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