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Tyrrhene, a. and n.|ˈtɪriːn, tɪˈriːn| Forms: 4–5 Tyren, 5 Tyrene, 6 Tirrene, 6–7 Tyrrhen, 6– Tyrrhene. [ad. L. Tyrrhēnus of or pertaining to the Tyrrhēnī (Gr. τυρρηνοί) or Etruscans.] = next.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 445 He passede..Hercules his pilers, and com in to þe see Tyren. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 369 From the occean of Briteyne unto the see Tyrene. 1513Douglas æneis vii. xii. 54 In Itale strandis at the cost Tyrrhene. Ibid. viii. viii. 164 Wyth brag of weyr and Tirrene trumpis sovn. 1634Milton Comus 49 Coasting the Tyrrhene shore. 1697Dryden æneid viii. 729 The Trojan band, Who wait their leader to the Tyrrhene land. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict., Mezentius,..a prince of the Tyrrhenes. 1882‘Ouida’ Maremma I. 147 One of the forgotten kings of the Tyrrhene people. |