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Tyro's father Salmoneus was the brother of Athamas and Sisyphus. She was married to her uncle Cretheus, [4] King of Iolcus but Tyro loved the river god Enipeus who refused her advances. One day, Poseidon filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union were born Pelias and Neleus, twin boys.
In Greek mythology, Tyro (Ancient Greek: Τυρώ) may refer to two distinct women: Tyro, a Phoenician queen as the wife of King Agenor who named after her the newly built city of Tyre . She became the mother of his sons: Cadmus , Phoenix , Syros , Cilix , and, a daughter, Europa .
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Tyro is character in Greek mythology. Tyro may also refer to: Tyro, a pen-name used by H. G. Wells for The Devotee of Art; Tyro, a beginner or novice; Places.
"Take" for R, abbreviation of the Latin word recipe, meaning "take". Most abbreviations can be found in the Chambers Dictionary as this is the dictionary primarily used by crossword setters. However, some abbreviations may be found in other dictionaries, such as the Collins English Dictionary and Oxford English Dictionary.
According to Egon Kühebacher [], the name Tyrol derives from a root word meaning terrain (i.e. area, ground or soil; compare Latin: terra and Old Irish: tir); first from the village of Tirol, and its castle; from which the County of Tyrol grew. [5]
A thesaurus or synonym dictionary lists similar or related words; these are often, but not always, synonyms. [15] The word poecilonym is a rare synonym of the word synonym. It is not entered in most major dictionaries and is a curiosity or piece of trivia for being an autological word because of its meta quality as a synonym of synonym.
[a] The same name is variously anglicized as Theodore Tiron, [6] Tiro, [1] [7] Tyron, [8] Tyro, [1] [9] and Teron. [10] Nilles argued that this epithet was a later mistake and that, rather than being a recruit, Theodore's name had originally referenced his service in the Cohors Tyronum .) [ 1 ] [ 11 ] The saint is also distinguished as Theodore ...