tyri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Tyrus, Tyri:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Tyre; (city on the Phoenician coast); (famous for crimson dye Tyrian purple);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →Tyros, Tyri:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Tyre; (city on the Phoenician coast); (famous for crimson dye Tyrian purple);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Synnados antro ipse cruentavit maculis lucentibus Attis quaeque Tyri niveas secat et Sidonia rupes. vix locus Eurotae, viridis..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pater intactam dederat, primisque iugarat ominibus. Sed regna Tyri germanus habebat Pygmalion, scelere ante alios immanior omnes. Quos..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse de nihilo hospites corripi; idem Carthaginiensibus et Tyri et in aliis emporiis quo frequenter commeent euenturum. dilata..."