ΤΥΡΣΕΙΣ, τυρσεις
TYRSEIS, tyrseis
Sounds Like: TYR-seess
Translations: towers, turrets, a tower, a turret
From the root: ΤΥΡΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to towers or turrets, often those found on fortifications or large buildings. It is used to describe a tall, defensive structure.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΥΡΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΤΥΡΣΕΣΙΝ — to a tower, to a fortress, to a bastion, to a bulwark, to a turret, to a walled city, to a fortified city
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