τῡρός, ὁ,
cheese, ἐπὶ δ᾽ αἴγειον κνῆ τυρόν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.639; οὐκ ἐπιδευὴς τυροῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.88; τ. ἐξ Ἀχαΐης 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 23; τ. Σικελικός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 896, etc.; for Sicilian cheese, compare 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 63.9, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 236, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 76: _plural_, “PCair.Zen.” 110.25 (3rd c.BC), +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 ὁ χλωρὸς τ. the fresh cheese, hence the cheese-market, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.6.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —Cf. βούτυρον.