Siren

Siren

See also: siren, Sirén, sìrén, sīrén, sǐrén, širen, and šířen

Translingual

Siren lacertina

Etymology

From Latin Siren.

Proper noun

Siren f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sirenidae – the sirens, species of salamander.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Amphibia - class; Lissamphibia - subclass; Caudata - order; Sirenoidea - suborder; Sirenidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Siren lacertina - type species; Siren intermedia - only other extant species

References

• ''Siren'' (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ''Siren'' on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• ''Siren'' on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Etymology

The name was intended to be Syren, from Swedish syren (“lilac”), but this was "corrected" by the US Post Office to Siren, who thought the name applied for was a misspelling.

Proper noun

Siren

1. A village, the county seat of Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.
2. A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.

Anagrams

• ESRIN, Isner, Neris, Reins, Rines, Siner, reins, resin, rines, rinse, risen, serin

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• Sirén

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsireːn/, [ˈs̠ire̞ːn]
• Syllabification^(key): Si‧ren

Proper noun

Siren

1. a surname

Declension

Inflection of Siren (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Siren	Sirenit
genitive		Sirenin	Sirenien
partitive		Sireniä	Sirenejä
illative		Sireniin	Sireneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Siren	Sirenit
accusative	nom.	Siren	Sirenit
	gen.	Sirenin
genitive		Sirenin	Sirenien
partitive		Sireniä	Sirenejä
inessive		Sirenissä	Sireneissä
elative		Sirenistä	Sireneistä
illative		Sireniin	Sireneihin
adessive		Sirenillä	Sireneillä
ablative		Sireniltä	Sireneiltä
allative		Sirenille	Sireneille
essive		Sireninä	Sireneinä
translative		Sireniksi	Sireneiksi
instructive		—	Sirenein
abessive		Sirenittä	Sireneittä
comitative		—	Sireneineen

Possessive forms of Siren (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Sirenini	Sirenimme
2nd person	Sirenisi	Sireninne
3rd person	Sireninsä

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Sirena
• Siredones

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.reːn/, [ˈs̠iːreːn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ren/, [ˈsiːren]

Noun

Sīrēn f (genitive Sīrēnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology, mythology) a siren, one of the mythical birds with faces of virgins, that dwelt on the southern coast of Italy, where, with their sweet voices, they enticed ashore those who were sailing by, and then killed them.
2. drone in a hive
3. (Late Latin) mermaid, sea nymph

Usage notes

• Mainly used in the plural form Sīrēnēs (“Sirens”), Ancient Greek Σειρῆνες (Seirênes).

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Sīrēn	Sīrēnēs
Genitive	Sīrēnis	Sīrēnum
Dative	Sīrēnī	Sīrēnibus
Accusative	Sīrēnem	Sīrēnēs
Ablative	Sīrēne	Sīrēnibus
Vocative	Sīrēn	Sīrēnēs

Derived terms

• Sīrēnaeus (“Siren-”)
• Sīrēnis, Sīrēnidis (“of the Sirens”)
• Sīrēnius (“of or pertaining to the Sirens, Siren-”)

 

Descendants

• Asturian: serena, sirena
• Catalan: sirena
• English: Siren, siren
• French: sirène
  • → Portuguese: sirene
  • → Turkish: siren
• → Galician: sirena
• German: Sirene
• Irish: Síréana
• Italian: sirena, serena
• Old French: sereine
• Old Portuguese: serẽa
  • Galician: serea
  • Portuguese: sereia
• → Portuguese: sirena
• Romanian: sirenă
• Spanish: sirena, serena, serea

See also

• semipuella

References

• “Siren”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Siren”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Siren in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette