Τίρυνς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Pre-Greek name, hinted by the presence of -νθ- (-nth-). Compare Ζᾰ́κῠνθος (Zắkŭnthos) and Ζώμῐνθος (Zṓmĭnthos).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Τῑ́ρῠνς • (Tī́rŭns) m (genitive Τῑ́ρῠνθος); third declension

  1. Tiryns; Tiryntha, Argolis, Greece

Usage notes

  • In the nominative singular, one of the few Ancient Greek words that ends in "νς". This ending is rare because the sequence /ns/ was eliminated by various sound changes in the history of the Greek language. The acute accent on the long vowel in the penultimate syllable implies a long vowel in the final syllable because of the σωτῆρα (sōtêra) Law: contrast μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx). This suggests that the nominative singular was actually pronounced as Τίρῡς, with compensatory lengthening of the vowel.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Τῑ́ρῠνς; τῆς Τῑ́ρῠνθος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Τῑ́ρῠνς
hē Tī́rŭns
Genitive τῆς Τῑ́ρῠνθος
tês Tī́rŭnthos
Dative τῇ Τῑ́ρῠνθῐ
tēî Tī́rŭnthĭ
Accusative τὴν Τῑ́ρῠνθᾰ
tḕn Tī́rŭnthă
Vocative Τῑ́ρῠνς
Tī́rŭns
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-θς (*-ths).

Derived terms

  • Τῑρῠ́νθῐος (Tīrŭ́nthĭos)

Descendants

  • Greek: Τίρυνς (Tíryns), Τίρυνθα (Tíryntha)
  • → Breton: Tiryns
  • → Catalan: Tirint
  • → Dutch: Tiryns
  • → English: Tiryns
  • → Finnish: Tiryns
  • → French: Tirynthe
  • → German: Tiryns
  • → Hungarian: Tirünsz
  • → Italian: Tirinto
  • → Latin: Tiryns
  • → Norwegian: Tiryns
  • → Polish: Tiryns
  • → Portuguese: Tirinto
  • → Russian: Тиринф (Tirinf)
  • → Slovak: Tiryns
  • → Spanish: Tirinto
  • → Swedish: Tiryns

References

Further reading

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