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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαρσύας (Marsúas).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marsyās m sg (genitive Marsyae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) A mythological satyr skinned alive by Apollo for challenging him
- A tributary river of the Maeander
- A river of Syria mentioned only by Pliny as dividing Apamea from the territory of the Nazerini
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
References
- “Marsyas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Marsyas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Marsyas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly