Syros

English

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Proper noun

Syros

  1. A Greek island in the Cyclades.

Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῦρος (Sûros). Contrast sy̆rus (syrian).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sȳros f sg (genitive Sȳrī); second declension

  1. (also Syra), Greece, one of the Cyclades islands

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Sȳros
genitive Sȳrī
dative Sȳrō
accusative Sȳron
ablative Sȳrō
vocative Sȳre
  • Sȳrius

References

  • Syros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Syros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Syros”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly