σύρος
See also: Σύρος and Σῦρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably related to σύρω (súrō, “to drag, trail, sweep”) and σαίρω (saírō, “to sweep”), reflecting a Proto-Indo-European root *tuer- (“to sweep, stir”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sý.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ros/
Noun
σῠ́ρος • (súros) m (genitive σῠ́ρου); second declension
- broom, brushwood
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σῠ́ρος; τοῦ σῠ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σῠ́ρος ho súros | τὼ σῠ́ρω tṑ súrō | οἱ σῠ́ροι hoi súroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σῠ́ρου toû súrou | τοῖν σῠ́ροιν toîn súroin | τῶν σῠ́ρων tôn súrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σῠ́ρῳ tôi súrōi | τοῖν σῠ́ροιν toîn súroin | τοῖς σῠ́ροις toîs súrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σῠ́ρον tòn súron | τὼ σῠ́ρω tṑ súrō | τοὺς σῠ́ρους toùs súrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠ́ρε súre | σῠ́ρω súrō | σῠ́ροι súroi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- σύρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN