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

(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

Thyatira; Akhisar, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ; τῶν Θυατείρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ tà Thuáteira
Genitive	τῶν Θυατείρων tôn Thuateírōn
Dative	τοῖς Θυατείροις toîs Thuateírois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Θυάτειρᾰ tà Thuáteira
Vocative	Θυάτειρᾰ Thuáteira
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

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