σύρος

See also: Σύρος and Σῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably related to σύρω (súrō, “to drag, trail, sweep”) and σαίρω (saírō, “to sweep”), reflecting a Proto-Indo-European root *tuer- (“to sweep, stir”).

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/

Noun

σῠ́ρος • (súros) m (genitive σῠ́ρου); second declension

1. broom, brushwood

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.

Further reading

• “σύρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN