Tomyris

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Thamyris === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τόμυρις (Tómuris). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔ.my.rɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔː.mi.ris] === Proper noun === Tomyris f sg (genitive Tomyris); third declension The queen of the Massagetae who killed Cyrus in battle ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only. === References === “Tomyris”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “Tomyris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.