Τυρρηνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Τυρσηνῐ́η (Tursēníē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Τυρρηνός (Turrhēnós, “Etruscan”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tyr̥.r̥ɛː.ní.aː/ → /tyr.riˈni.a/ → /ti.riˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tyr̥.r̥ɛː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tyr.re̝ˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tyr.riˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tyr.riˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ti.riˈni.a/

Proper noun

Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ • (Turrhēníā) f (genitive Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Tyrrhenia; Etruria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ hē Turrhēníā
Genitive	τῆς Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱς tês Turrhēníās
Dative	τῇ Τυρρηνῐ́ᾳ têi Turrhēníāi
Accusative	τὴν Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Turrhēníān
Vocative	Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ Turrhēníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Τυρρηνία (Tyrrinía)
• Italian: Tirrenia
• Latin: Tyrrhēnia

Further reading

• Etruria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τυρρηνία (Turrhēnía).

Proper noun

Τυρρηνία • (Tyrrinía) f

1. Etruria, Tyrrhenia

Declension

	singular
nominative	Τυρρηνία (Tyrrinía)
genitive	Τυρρηνίας (Tyrrinías)
accusative	Τυρρηνία (Tyrrinía)
vocative	Τυρρηνία (Tyrrinía)

Synonyms

• Ετρουρία f (Etrouría)

Related terms

• τυρρηνικός (tyrrinikós, “Etruscan”, adj)
• Τυρρηνός m (Tyrrinós, “Etruscan”)
• Τυρρηνή f (Tyrriní, “Etruscan”)
• Τυρρηνική θάλασσα f (Tyrrinikí thálassa, “Tyrrhenian Sea”)

• and see: Ετρουρία f (Etrouría, “Etruria”)

Further reading

• Τυρρηνία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el