Tamyras

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταμύρας (Tamúras). According to Campbell, the river continues the name of Θάμυρις (Thámuris), a Thracian bard. However, compare the cognates listed at Thames.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈta.my.raːs/, [ˈt̪ämʏräːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.mi.ras/, [ˈt̪äːmiräs]

View of the river

Proper noun

Tamyrās m sg (genitive Tamyrae); first declension

1. A river of Phoenicia flowing between Berytus and Sidon, now the Damour river

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tamyrās
genitive	Tamyrae
dative	Tamyrae
accusative	Tamyrān
ablative	Tamyrā
vocative	Tamyrā

References

• “Tamyras”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly