Σῦρος

See also: σύρος and Σύρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sŷː.ros/ → /ˈsy.ros/ → /ˈsi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sŷː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ros/

Proper noun

Σῦρος • (Sûros) m (genitive Σῡ́ρου); second declension

1. Syros, Cyclades, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σῦρος; τοῦ Σῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῦρος ho Sûros
Genitive	τοῦ Σῡ́ρου toû Sū́rou
Dative	τῷ Σῡ́ρῳ tôi Sū́rōi
Accusative	τὸν Σῦρον tòn Sûron
Vocative	Σῦρε Sûre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σύρος (Sýros)
• → Latin: Sȳros

Further reading

• “Σῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press