tyron
Dictionary entries
- 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);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...terentem, cuius et hinc lucet sardonychata manus quaeque Tyron totiens epotauere lacernae et toga non tactas uincere iussa..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...senes, mirer, qui longa per aequora vecti hac Tyron, hac profugos posuistis sede penates, nunc sinitis sine Marte..."
