τύρρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τύρσις (túrsis)

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ris/

Noun

τύρρις • (túrrhis) f (indeclinable)

Alternative form of τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”), attested in Hesychius', who gives the definition as: πύργος (púrgos, “tower”), ἔπαλξις (épalxis, “battlement”), προμαχών (promakhṓn, “battlement”).

Further reading

Hesychius' Lexicon: τ

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