συρία

See also: Συρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Συρία (Suría, “Syria”), because it was made by Cappadocian Syrians.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.rí.aː/ → /syˈri.a/ → /siˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈri.a/

Noun

σῠρῐ́ᾱ • (suríā) f (genitive σῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. kind of garment

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῠρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠρῐ́ᾱ hē suríā	τὼ σῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ suríā	αἱ σῠρῐ́αι hai suríai
Genitive	τῆς σῠρῐ́ᾱς tês suríās	τοῖν σῠρῐ́αιν toîn suríain	τῶν σῠρῐῶν tôn suriôn
Dative	τῇ σῠρῐ́ᾳ têi suríāi	τοῖν σῠρῐ́αιν toîn suríain	ταῖς σῠρῐ́αις taîs suríais
Accusative	τὴν σῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn suríān	τὼ σῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ suríā	τᾱ̀ς σῠρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s suríās
Vocative	σῠρῐ́ᾱ suríā	σῠρῐ́ᾱ suríā	σῠρῐ́αι suríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “συρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette