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|lnetxt=Tyrus Tyri N F :: Tyre; (city on the Phoenician coast); (famous for crimson dye Tyrian purple)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Tyrus</b>: or -ŏs, i, f., = Τύρος (Heb. ).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[Tyre]], a [[famous]] mariiime and [[commercial]] [[city]] of the Phœnicians, [[especially]] [[celebrated]] for its [[purple]], [[now]] the ruins of Soor, Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; Tib. 1, 7, 20; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 7; Verg. A. 1, 346; Cv. M. 3, 539; 15, 288.—Hence, Tyrĭus, a, um, adj.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of or belonging to [[Tyre]], Tyrian: [[purpura]], Cic. Fl. 29, 70: [[murex]], Ov. A. A. 3, 170; id. M. 11, 166: [[fucus]], id. ib. 6, 222: colores, id. ib. 9, 340; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18: vestes, id. S. 2, 4, 84: [[chlamys]], Ov. M. 5, 51: [[merces]], Hor. C. 3, 29, 60: [[puella]], i. e. [[Europa]], Ov. F. 5, 605; also called Tyria [[paelex]], id. M. 3, 258; cf. [[taurus]] ([[that]] carried her), Mart. 10, 51, 1: Tyria maria in [[proverbium]] deductum est, [[quod]] [[Tyro]] oriundi [[Poeni]] [[adeo]] potentes maris fuerunt, ut omnibus mortalibus [[navigatio]] esset periculosa. [[Afranius]] in Epistula: hunc in servum [[autem]] maria Tyria conciet, Fest. p. 355 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet., for Theban ([[because]] [[Thebes]] [[was]] founded by the Phœnician, [[Cadmus]]): montes, in the neighborhood of [[Thebes]], Stat. Th. 1, 10; 12, 693: agri, id. ib. 9, 406: [[ductor]], i. e. [[Eteocles]], id. ib. 11, 205: [[exsul]], i. e. [[Polynices]], id. ib. 3, 406: [[plectrum]], i. e. of [[Amphion]], id. S. 3, 1, 16; cf. [[chelys]], id. Th. 8, 232.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Carthaginian: arces, Verg. A. 1, 20: virgines, id. ib. 1, 336: [[urbs]], id. ib. 1, 388: doli, Sil. 7, 268: patres, id. 2, 24: [[ductor]], i. e. [[Hannibal]], id. 10, 171; cf. [[miles]], the [[army]] of [[Hannibal]], id. 8, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Purple, of a [[purple]] [[color]]: [[torus]], Tib. 1, 2, 75: [[sinus]], id. 1, 9, 70: vestes, id. 1, 7, 47: [[palla]], id. 4, 2, 11: [[subtemen]], id. 4, 1, 121: [[amictus]], Ov A. A. 2, 297: cocco tinctum Tyrio, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140.—Subst.: Ty-rĭum, i, n., a [[purple]] [[color]]: Tyria [[atque]] conchylia et [[omnis]] alios colores, Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; 35, 6, 26, § 45.—Plur subst.: Tyrĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of [[Tyre]], the Tyrians, Mel. 3, 6, 1; Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2; Luc. 5, 108 al.—Poet., transf. (cf. [[supra]]), for Thebans, Stat. Th. 1, 10; 2, 73; 9, 489.—For Carthaginians, Verg. A. 1, 574; 4, 111; Sil. 1, 82 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[poet]]., [[purple]], Mart. 2, 29, 3; 6, 11, 7.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>Tўrus</b> ou <b>Tўrŏs</b>, ī, f. (Τύρος),<br /><b>1</b> Tyr [ville maritime de Phénicie, renommée pour sa pourpre] : Cic. Nat. 3, 42 ; Verr. 2, 5, 145 ; Tib. 1, 7, 20<br /><b>2</b> [p. ext., poét.] pourpre, couleur pourpre : Mart. 2, 29, 3 ; 6, 11, 7.<br />(2) <b>Tўrus</b>, ī, m., nom d’homme : Inscr.
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