All 3 Uses
tyro
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
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- We never yet heard of such a woman; we know all about Tyro, Alcmena, Mycene, and the famous women of old, but they were nothing to your mother any one of them.†
Book 2 *
- The first I saw was Tyro.†
Book 11
- When the god had accomplished the deed of love, he took her hand in his own and said, 'Tyro, rejoice in all good will; the embraces of the gods are not fruitless, and you will have fine twins about this time twelve months.†
Book 11
Definitions:
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(1)
(tyro) someone new to a field or activity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)