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..."- P
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..."
