Tŏmyris, is, f., = Τόμυρις,
a Scythian queen , by whom the elder Cyrus was defeated and slain , Just. 1, 8; Tib. 3, 7, 143; Val. Max. 9, 10, ext. 1.—Called also Tămyris or Tămĭris , Front. Strat. 2, 5; and Thămyris , Val. Max. 9, 10.