Siris

See also: siris, siriš, ŝiris, širiš, and šíříš

English

Proper noun

Siris

1. plural of Siri

Anagrams

• Risis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σῖρις (Sîris).

The river's mouth

Proper noun

Sīris m sg (genitive Sīris); third declension

1. a river in Lucania that flows into the Ionian Sea, now the river Sinni
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.97.6:

     similiter est inter Sirim et Acirim Heraclea, aliquando Siris vocitata.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sīris
genitive	Sīris
dative	Sīrī
accusative	Sīrim
ablative	Sīrī
vocative	Sīris

Proper noun

Sīris f sg (genitive Sīris); third declension

1. A city of Magna Graecia situated at the mouth of the river with the same name

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sīris
genitive	Sīris
dative	Sīrī
accusative	Sīrim
ablative	Sīrī
vocative	Sīris
locative	Sīrī

Derived terms

• Sīrīnus

References

• “Siris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• “Siris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly