syricus

Latin

Etymology

From Sȳria +‎ -icus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsyː.ri.kus/, [ˈs̠yːrɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ri.kus/, [ˈsiːrikus]

Adjective

sȳricus (feminine sȳrica, neuter sȳricum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Syrian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sȳricus	sȳrica	sȳricum		sȳricī	sȳricae	sȳrica
Genitive	sȳricī	sȳricae	sȳricī		sȳricōrum	sȳricārum	sȳricōrum
Dative	sȳricō		sȳricō		sȳricīs
Accusative	sȳricum	sȳricam	sȳricum		sȳricōs	sȳricās	sȳrica
Ablative	sȳricō	sȳricā	sȳricō		sȳricīs
Vocative	sȳrice	sȳrica	sȳricum		sȳricī	sȳricae	sȳrica

Descendants

• Italian: sorgo
  • English: sorghum, sorgho, sorgo
  • French: sorgho
  • Galician: sorgo
  • Translingual: Sorghum
  • Portuguese: sorgo
  • Spanish: sorgo

References

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