τύρμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τούρμα (toúrma)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turma (“troop, squadron”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ma/ → /ˈtir.ma/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtyr.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtir.ma/

Noun

τύρμα • (túrma)

1. turma, troop, squadron of cavalry

References

• “τύρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press