Sirius
See also: Síríus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios), usually taken from σείριος (seírios, “scorching; scorcher”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹi.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəs (some dialects)
- Homophone: serious (some dialects)
Proper noun
editSirius
- (astronomy) A binary star system in the constellation Canis Major
- (astronomy) A white main sequence star, the primary star of the star system, the only star of the pair that is visible to the naked eye. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
Synonyms
editPrimary star of the binary star
- Alpha Canis Majoris A
- Blazing Star (uncommon)
- Canicula (Roman contexts)
- Shira (Islamic contexts)
- Sopdet
- Sothis (Egyptian contexts)
- the Dog Star (informal)
- α Canis Majoris A
- α CMa A
Binary star system
- Alpha Canis Majoris (Bayer)
- α Canis Majoris (Bayer)
- α CMa (Bayer designation)
Hypernyms
editBinary star system
Primary star of the binary star system
- binary component
- main sequence star
- Sirius (binary star system)
Hyponyms
edit(Binary star system):
white main sequence star
white dwarf star
- Alpha Canis Majoris B
- Sirius B
- the Pup (informal)
- α Canis Majoris B
- α CMa B
Translations
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See also
editFaroese
editProper noun
editSirius m
- a male given name
Usage notes
editPatronymics
- son of Sirius: Siriusarson or Siriusson
- daughter of Sirius: Siriusardóttir or Siriusdóttir
Declension
editSingular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Sirius |
Accusative | Sirius |
Dative | Siriusi |
Genitive | Siriusar |
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSirius
Declension
editInflection of Sirius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sirius | — | |
genitive | Siriuksen | — | |
partitive | Siriusta | — | |
illative | Siriukseen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sirius | — | |
accusative | nom. | Sirius | — |
gen. | Siriuksen | ||
genitive | Siriuksen | — | |
partitive | Siriusta | — | |
inessive | Siriuksessa | — | |
elative | Siriuksesta | — | |
illative | Siriukseen | — | |
adessive | Siriuksella | — | |
ablative | Siriukselta | — | |
allative | Siriukselle | — | |
essive | Siriuksena | — | |
translative | Siriukseksi | — | |
abessive | Siriuksetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Inflection of Sirius (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sirius | — | |
genitive | Siriusin | — | |
partitive | Siriusia | — | |
illative | Siriusiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sirius | — | |
accusative | nom. | Sirius | — |
gen. | Siriusin | ||
genitive | Siriusin | — | |
partitive | Siriusia | — | |
inessive | Siriusissa | — | |
elative | Siriusista | — | |
illative | Siriusiin | — | |
adessive | Siriusilla | — | |
ablative | Siriusilta | — | |
allative | Siriusille | — | |
essive | Siriusina | — | |
translative | Siriusiksi | — | |
abessive | Siriusitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editSirius m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sirius)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios, “Seirios”), possibly from σείριος (seírios, “scorching, destructive”).
Proper noun
editSīrius m sg (genitive Sīriī or Sīrī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sīrius |
Genitive | Sīriī Sīrī1 |
Dative | Sīriō |
Accusative | Sīrium |
Ablative | Sīriō |
Vocative | Sīrī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
editHypernyms
editDescendants
editBorrowings
- → Afrikaans: Sirius
- →⇒ Arabic: اَلشِّعْرَى (aš-šiʕrā), الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة (aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya)
- → Armenian: Սիրիուս (Sirius)
- → Catalan: Sírius
- → Czech: Sirius
- → Dutch: Sirius
- → Esperanto: Siriuso
- → Estonian: Siirius
- → Faroese: Sirius
- → Finnish: Sirius
- → French: Sirius
- → Georgian: სირიუსი (siriusi)
- → German: Sirius
- → Indonesian: Sirius
- → Italian: Sirio
- → Japanese: シリウス (Shiriusu)
- → Korean: 시리우스 (siriuseu)
- → Latvian: Sīriuss
- → Lithuanian: Sirijus
- → Malay: Sirius
- → Polish: Syriusz
- → Portuguese: Sírio
- → Romanian: Sirius
- → Russian: Си́риус (Sírius)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: Sirio
- → Swedish: Sirius
- → Thai: ซิริอุส, ⇒ ดาวซิริอุส
- → Turkish: Sirius
- → Ukrainian: Сіріус (Sirius)
- → Vietnamese: Sirius
- → Welsh: Siriws
References
edit- “Sirius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Sirius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Sirius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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