Syracusae

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Syrācūsae f pl (genitive Syrācūsārum); first declension

  1. Syracuse (a city in Sicily)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Syrācūsae
genitive Syrācūsārum
dative Syrācūsīs
accusative Syrācūsās
ablative Syrācūsīs
vocative Syrācūsae
locative Syrācūsīs

Descendants

  • → English: Syracuse
  • Italian: Siracusa
  • Sicilian: Saragusa

References

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