syrma
See also: Syrma
English
editEtymology
editLatin, from Ancient Greek word meaning "to drag".
Noun
editsyrma (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek σύρμα (súrma).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.ma/, [ˈs̠ʏrmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsir.ma/, [ˈsirmä]
Noun
editsyrma n (genitive syrmatis); third declension
Declension
editThird-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.
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