Syracusae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sy.raːˈkuː.sae̯/, [s̠ʏräːˈkuːs̠äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.raˈku.se/, [siräˈkuːs̬e]

Proper noun

Syrācūsae f pl (genitive Syrācūsārum); first declension

1. Syracuse (a city in Sicily)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Syrācūsae
Genitive	Syrācūsārum
Dative	Syrācūsīs
Accusative	Syrācūsās
Ablative	Syrācūsīs
Vocative	Syrācūsae
Locative	Syrācūsīs

Descendants

• → English: Syracuse
• Italian: Siracusa
• Sicilian: Saragusa

References

• “Syracusae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Syracusae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.