Σύρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sý.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

Σῠ́ρος • (Sŭ́ros) m (genitive Σῠ́ρου); second declension

1. A common male slave name

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σῠ́ρος; τοῦ Σῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῠ́ρος ho Sŭ́ros
Genitive	τοῦ Σῠ́ρου toû Sŭ́rou
Dative	τῷ Σῠ́ρῳ tôi Sŭ́rōi
Accusative	τὸν Σῠ́ρον tòn Sŭ́ron
Vocative	Σῠ́ρε Sŭ́re
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Σῠ́ρος • (Sŭ́ros) m (genitive Σῠ́ρου); second declension

1. Syrian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σῠ́ρος; τοῦ Σῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σῠ́ρος ho Sŭ́ros	τὼ Σῠ́ρω tṑ Sŭ́rō	οἱ Σῠ́ροι hoi Sŭ́roi
Genitive	τοῦ Σῠ́ρου toû Sŭ́rou	τοῖν Σῠ́ροιν toîn Sŭ́roin	τῶν Σῠ́ρων tôn Sŭ́rōn
Dative	τῷ Σῠ́ρῳ tôi Sŭ́rōi	τοῖν Σῠ́ροιν toîn Sŭ́roin	τοῖς Σῠ́ροις toîs Sŭ́rois
Accusative	τὸν Σῠ́ρον tòn Sŭ́ron	τὼ Σῠ́ρω tṑ Sŭ́rō	τοὺς Σῠ́ρους toùs Sŭ́rous
Vocative	Σῠ́ρε Sŭ́re	Σῠ́ρω Sŭ́rō	Σῠ́ροι Sŭ́roi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σῠ́ρᾱ (Sŭ́rā)
• σῠρῐ́ᾱ (sŭrĭ́ā)
• Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭ́ā)
• Σῠρῐᾰκός (Sŭrĭăkós)
• Σῠρῐᾰ́ρχης (Sŭrĭắrkhēs)
• Σῠρῐᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (Sŭrĭărkhĭ́ā)
• Σῠρῐκός (Sŭrĭkós)
• Σῠ́ρῐος (Sŭ́rĭos)
• Σῠρῐστῐ́ (Sŭrĭstĭ́)
• σῠροπέρδῐξ (sŭropérdĭx)

Descendants

• Greek: Σύρος (Sýros)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂 (saur)
• Latin: Syrus

References

• “Σύρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Σύρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4948 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026