Sybaris
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Sybaris, from Ancient Greek Σύβαρις (Súbaris).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sybaris
- Ancient Greek colony in south Italy, notable for the luxury of its inhabitants
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Σύβαρις (Súbaris).
Noun[edit]
Sybaris f (genitive Sybaris); third declension
- A city of Magna Graecia, notable for the luxury of its inhabitants
- A river of Bruttium that flows into the Ionian Sea, now the river Coscile
Inflection[edit]
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sybaris |
| genitive | Sybaris |
| dative | Sybarī |
| accusative | Sybarem |
| ablative | Sybare |
| vocative | Sybaris |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Sybaris in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Sybaris” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- Sybaris in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
- Latin singularia tantum
- la:Cities
- la:Rivers
