syrma

See also: Syrma

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

syrma (plural syrmas)

(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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 edit

Marys, Mayrs, marys, symar, yarms

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek σύρμα (súrma).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.ma/, [ˈs̠ʏrmä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsir.ma/, [ˈsirmä]

Noun edit

syrma n (genitive syrmatis); third declension

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

Declension edit

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	syrma	syrmata
Genitive	syrmatis	syrmatum
Dative	syrmatī	syrmatibus
Accusative	syrma	syrmata
Ablative	syrmate	syrmatibus
Vocative	syrma	syrmata

References edit

“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.