philyra

== Latin == === Alternative forms === philura === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλύρα (philúra). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰɪ.ly.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.li.ra] === Noun === philyra f (genitive philyrae); first declension linden, lime-tree (Tilia × europaea) bass underneath its bark (used to write upon as a writing-tablet) the skin or rind of the papyrus ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “philyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “philyra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.