siris

See also: Siris, siriš, širiš, šíříš, and ŝiris

English

Alternative forms

• sirisa, sirissa

Etymology

From Hindustani سرس / सिरिस (siris).

Noun

siris

1. Any tree of the genus Albizia.

   Hyponyms: black siris, East Indian walnut, koko, lebbek, woman's tongue tree, white siris

Translations

Albizia lebbeck (the type species) — see lebbek

Latin

Verb

sīrīs

1. (poetic, syncopated) second-person singular perfect active subjunctive of sinō
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 66.91

References

• “siris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “siris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• siris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “siris”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “siris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “siris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Noun

siris

1. plural of siri

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• sirist

Noun

siris f (genitive singular siris, plural sirisean)

1. cherry