Syracusae

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sy.raːˈkuː.sae̯/, [s̠ʏräːˈkuːs̠äe̯]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.raˈku.se/, [siräˈkuːs̬e]

Proper noun edit

Syrācūsae f pl (genitive Syrācūsārum); first declension

Syracuse (a city in Sicily)

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Syrācūsae
Genitive	Syrācūsārum
Dative	Syrācūsīs
Accusative	Syrācūsās
Ablative	Syrācūsīs
Vocative	Syrācūsae
Locative	Syrācūsīs

Descendants edit

→ English: Syracuse
Italian: Siracusa
Sicilian: Saragusa

References edit

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

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