syrma

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English

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek word meaning "to drag".

Noun

syrma (plural syrmas)

  1. (historical) A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Ancient Greek and Roman theatres.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “syrma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύρμα (súrma).

Pronunciation

Noun

syrma n (genitive syrmatis); third declension

  1. A robe with a train, worn especially by tragedy actors
  2. The tragedy itself

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative syrma syrmata
genitive syrmatis syrmatum
dative syrmatī syrmatibus
accusative syrma syrmata
ablative syrmate syrmatibus
vocative syrma syrmata

References

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