Tyrus or -ŏs, i, f., = Τύρος (Heb. ).
I Lit., Tyre , a famous mariiime and commercial city of the Phoenicians , especially celebrated for its purple , now the ruins of Soor , Mel. 1, 12, 2; Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2 sq.; Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; id. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145; Tib. 1, 7, 20; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 7; Verg. A. 1, 346; Cv. M. 3, 539; 15, 288.
II —Hence, Tyrĭus , a, um, adj.
1 Of or belonging to Tyre , Tyrian : purpura, Cic. Fl. 29, 70: murex, Ov. A. A. 3, 170; id. M. 11, 166: fucus, id. ib. 6, 222: colores, id. ib. 9, 340; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18: vestes, id. S. 2, 4, 84: chlamys, Ov. M. 5, 51: merces, Hor. C. 3, 29, 60: puella, i. e. Europa , Ov. F. 5, 605; also called Tyria paelex, id. M. 3, 258; cf. taurus (that carried her), Mart. 10, 51, 1: Tyria maria in proverbium deductum est, quod Tyro oriundi Poeni adeo potentes maris fuerunt, ut omnibus mortalibus navigatio esset periculosa. Afranius in Epistula: hunc in servum autem maria Tyria conciet, Fest. p. 355 Müll.—
2 Poet., for Theban (because Thebes was founded by the Phoenician, Cadmus): montes, in the neighborhood of Thebes , Stat. Th. 1, 10; 12, 693: agri, id. ib. 9, 406: ductor, i. e. Eteocles , id. ib. 11, 205: exsul, i. e. Polynices , id. ib. 3, 406: plectrum, i. e. of Amphion , id. S. 3, 1, 16; cf. chelys, id. Th. 8, 232.—
3 Carthaginian : arces, Verg. A. 1, 20: virgines, id. ib. 1, 336: urbs, id. ib. 1, 388: doli, Sil. 7, 268: patres, id. 2, 24: ductor, i. e. Hannibal , id. 10, 171; cf. miles, the army of Hannibal , id. 8, 13.—
4 Purple , of a purple color : torus, Tib. 1, 2, 75: sinus, id. 1, 9, 70: vestes, id. 1, 7, 47: palla, id. 3, 8, 11: subtemen, id. 3, 7, 121: amictus, Ov. A. A. 2, 297: cocco tinctum Tyrio, Plin. 9, 41, 65, § 140.—Subst.: Tyrĭum , i, n., a purple color : Tyria atque conchylia et omnis alios colores, Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 3; 35, 6, 26, § 45.— Plur subst. : Tyrĭi , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyre , the Tyrians , Mel. 3, 6, 1; Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 35; id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2; Luc. 5, 108 al.—Poet., transf. (cf. supra), for Thebans , Stat. Th. 1, 10; 2, 73; 9, 489.—For Carthaginians , Verg. A. 1, 574; 4, 111; Sil. 1, 82 al.—
II Transf., poet., purple , Mart. 2, 29, 3; 6, 11, 7.