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..."- P
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..." - T
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse de nihilo hospites corripi; idem Carthaginiensibus et Tyri et in aliis emporiis quo frequenter commeent euenturum. dilata..."