τυρός

A. cheese, ἐπὶ δ’ αἴγειον κνῆ τυρόν Il. 11.639; οὐκ ἐπιδευὴς τυροῦ Od. 4.88; τ. ἐξ Ἀχαΐης Semon. 23; τ. Σικελικός Ar. V. 896, etc.; for Sicilian cheese, cf. Hermipp. 63.9, Antiph. 236, Philem. 76: pl., PCair.Zen. 110.25 (iii B. C.), al.

2. ὁ χλωρὸς τ. the fresh cheese, hence the cheese-market, Lys. 23.6.—Cf. βούτυρον.