Tamyras

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταμύρας (Tamúras). According to Campbell, the river continues the name of Θάμυρις (Thámuris), a Thracian bard.^[1] However, compare the cognates listed at Thames.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈta.my.raːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪aː.mi.ras]

Tamyrās m sg (genitive Tamyrae); first declension

1. A river of Phoenicia flowing between Berytus and Sidon, now the Damour river

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• “Tamyras”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly