Tentyra

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tentyris

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τέντυρα (Téntura), itself from Egyptian (tꜣ-n-tꜣ-rrt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈten.ty.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ʏrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.ti.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪irä]

Proper noun

Tentyra n pl (genitive Tentyrōrum); second declension

1. a city of Upper Egypt, now Dendera

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Tentyra
genitive	Tentyrōrum
dative	Tentyrīs
accusative	Tentyra
ablative	Tentyrīs
vocative	Tentyra
locative	Tentyrīs

Related terms

• Tentyrītes
• Tentyrīticus

References

• “Tentyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Tentyra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Tentyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.