Tyrtaeus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τυρταῖος (Turtaîos).

Proper noun

Tyrtaeus

1. An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a Greek elegiac poet who lived at Sparta about the middle of the 7th century BC.

Translations

Ancient Greek name

• Armenian: Տիրտեոս (Tirteos)
• French: Tyrtée (fr) m
• German: Tyrtäus m
• Italian: Tirteo
• Polish: Tyrteusz (pl) m, Tyrtajos m

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τυρταῖος (Turtaîos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tyrˈtae̯.us/, [t̪ʏrˈt̪äe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tirˈte.us/, [t̪irˈt̪ɛːus]

Proper noun

Tyrtaeus m sg (genitive Tyrtaeī); second declension

1. Tyrtaeus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tyrtaeus
Genitive	Tyrtaeī
Dative	Tyrtaeō
Accusative	Tyrtaeum
Ablative	Tyrtaeō
Vocative	Tyrtaee

References

• Tyrtaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tyrtaeus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray