συρία

See also: Συρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Συρία (Suría, “Syria”), because it was made by Cappadocian Syrians.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.rí.aː/ → /syˈri.a/ → /siˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈri.a/

Noun

σῠρῐ́ᾱ • (sŭrĭ́ā) f (genitive σῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. kind of garment

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σῠρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠρῐ́ᾱ hē sŭrĭ́ā	τὼ σῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ sŭrĭ́ā	αἱ σῠρῐ́αι hai sŭrĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς σῠρῐ́ᾱς tês sŭrĭ́ās	τοῖν σῠρῐ́αιν toîn sŭrĭ́ain	τῶν σῠρῐῶν tôn sŭrĭôn
Dative	τῇ σῠρῐ́ᾳ têi sŭrĭ́āi	τοῖν σῠρῐ́αιν toîn sŭrĭ́ain	ταῖς σῠρῐ́αις taîs sŭrĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν σῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn sŭrĭ́ān	τὼ σῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ sŭrĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς σῠρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sŭrĭ́ās
Vocative	σῠρῐ́ᾱ sŭrĭ́ā	σῠρῐ́ᾱ sŭrĭ́ā	σῠρῐ́αι sŭrĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “συρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette