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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῦρος (Sûros). Contrast sy̆rus (“syrian”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sȳros f sg (genitive Sȳrī); second declension
- Syros (also Syra), Greece, one of the Cyclades islands
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
References
- “Syros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Syros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Syros”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly