syrma
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek word meaning "to drag".
Noun
syrma (plural syrmas)
- (historical) A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Ancient Greek and Roman theatres.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “syrma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σύρμα (súrma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.ma/, [ˈs̠ʏrmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsir.ma/, [ˈsirmä]
Noun
syrma n (genitive syrmatis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | syrma | syrmata |
Genitive | syrmatis | syrmatum |
Dative | syrmatī | syrmatibus |
Accusative | syrma | syrmata |
Ablative | syrmate | syrmatibus |
Vocative | syrma | syrmata |
References
- “syrma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- syrma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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