Syros

Latin

Alternative forms

• Syrus, Syra

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsyː.ros/, [ˈs̠yːrɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ros/, [ˈsiːros]

Proper noun

Sȳros f sg (genitive Sȳrī); second declension

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

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sȳros
Genitive	Sȳrī
Dative	Sȳrō
Accusative	Sȳron
Ablative	Sȳrō
Vocative	Sȳre

Related terms

• 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