Θυάτειρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Lydian for "castle of Thya," from the name 𐤣𐤧𐤠 (dya). Stephanus of Byzantium thought it to be from θυγάτηρ (thugátēr, “daughter”), though this has been dismissed as folk etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θyˈa.ti.ra/ → /θiˈa.ti.ra/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈa.ti.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈa.ti.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈa.ti.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈa.ti.ra/

Proper noun

Θυάτειρα • (Thuáteira) n (genitive Θυατείρων); second declension

1. Thyatira; Akhisar, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ; τῶν Θυατείρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ tằ Thuáteiră
Genitive	τῶν Θυατείρων tôn Thuateírōn
Dative	τοῖς Θυατείροις toîs Thuateírois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ tằ Thuáteiră
Vocative	Θυάτειρᾰ Thuáteiră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Thyatira

References

• Θυάτειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Stephanus of Byzantium, De Urbibus ("On cities")
• Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott, eds., Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Oxford University Press, 1883.
• The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Volume 1, p. 2977