Tylissus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τύλισσος (Túlissos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tyˈlis.sus/, [t̪ʏˈlʲɪs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈlis.sus/, [t̪iˈlisːus]

Proper noun

Tylissus f sg (genitive Tylissī); second declension

1. A town of Crete situated between Cydonia and Elyrus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tylissus
genitive	Tylissī
dative	Tylissō
accusative	Tylissum
ablative	Tylissō
vocative	Tylisse
locative	Tylissī

References

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