τύρρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τύρσις (túrsis)

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ris/

Noun

τύρρις • (túrrhis) f (indeclinable)

alternative form of τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”)
Synonyms: πύργος (púrgos), ἔπαλξις (épalxis), προμαχών (promakhṓn)

Usage notes

Attested in Hesychius, who gives the definition as:
- [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Τ:
  τύρρις· πύργος, ἔπαλξις, προμαχών
  túrrhis; púrgos, épalxis, promakhṓn
  túrrhis: tower, battlement, bastion]

Further reading

Hesychius' Lexicon: τ
“τύρσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “τύρρις”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
τύρρις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011