Syrus

Syrus

1. Alternative form of Syros (“Greek island”).

• Older: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊ.rʊs]
• Newer: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.rʊs]
• Hellenizing: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsy.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.rus]

Syrus (feminine Syra, neuter Syrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. alternative letter-case form of syrus (“Syrian”)

From syrus (“Syrian”).

Syrus m sg (genitive Syrī); second declension

1. Initially a slave name, also used as a cognomen.

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῦρος (Sûros).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsyː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.rus]

Sȳrus f sg (genitive Sȳrī); second declension

1. alternative form of Syros (“one of the Cyclades”)

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Shorthand for Ephraem Sȳrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐφραίμ ὁ Σῦρος (Ephraím ho Sûros). Note the difference in prosody from Attic Σῠ́ρος (Sŭ́ros, “Syrian”) and its coincidence with the island's name above - this may reflect the breakdown of Attic prosody, or a regional pronunciation.

Sȳrus m sg (genitive Sȳrī); second declension

1. (agnomen or signum) Ephrem the Syrian

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Syrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Syrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Syrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Ephraem Syrus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la