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 • (Súros) 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 Súros
Genitive	τοῦ Σῠ́ρου toû Súrou
Dative	τῷ Σῠ́ρῳ tôi Súrōi
Accusative	τὸν Σῠ́ρον tòn Súron
Vocative	Σῠ́ρε Súre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

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

1. Syrian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σῠ́ρος; τοῦ Σῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σῠ́ρος ho Súros	τὼ Σῠ́ρω tṑ Súrō	οἱ Σῠ́ροι hoi Súroi
Genitive	τοῦ Σῠ́ρου toû Súrou	τοῖν Σῠ́ροιν toîn Súroin	τῶν Σῠ́ρων tôn Súrōn
Dative	τῷ Σῠ́ρῳ tôi Súrōi	τοῖν Σῠ́ροιν toîn Súroin	τοῖς Σῠ́ροις toîs Súrois
Accusative	τὸν Σῠ́ρον tòn Súron	τὼ Σῠ́ρω tṑ Súrō	τοὺς Σῠ́ρους toùs Súrous
Vocative	Σῠ́ρε Súre	Σῠ́ρω Súrō	Σῠ́ροι Súroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σῠροπέρδῐξ (suropérdix)
• Σῠ́ρᾱ (Súrā)
• Σῠρῐκός (Surikós)
• Σῠ́ρῐος (Súrios)
• Σῠρῐστῐ́ (Suristí)
• Σῠρῐᾰκός (Suriakós)
• Σῠρῐᾰ́ρχης (Suriárkhēs)
• Σῠρῐᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (Suriarkhíā)
• Σῠρῐ́ᾱ (Suríā)
• σῠρῐ́ᾱ (suríā)

 

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