Syene

See also: Syène

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Συήνη (Suḗnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syˈeː.neː/, [s̠yˈeːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈe.ne/, [siˈɛːne]

Proper noun

Syēnē f sg (genitive Syēnēs); first declension

1. Aswan (a city in southern Egypt)
2. (poetic, metonymically) syenite (the red hornblende granite of Syene, for which it was famous)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Syēnē
genitive	Syēnēs
dative	Syēnae
accusative	Syēnēn
ablative	Syēnē
vocative	Syēnē
locative	Syēnae

Related terms

• Syēnītēs

Descendants

• French: Syène

References

• “SYE´NE”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Sy̆ēnē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sy̆ēnē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,532.
• “Syēnē” on page 1,895/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)