suri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Surus, Sura, Surum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Geography:
- Near East
Syrian, of Syria;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →Surus, Suri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Syrian, native of Syria; (esp. as a slave); (name of a slave);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quoi dedisti sumbolum? HAR. Rufus quidam, ventriosus, crassis suris, subniger, magno capite, acutis oculis, ore rubicundo, admodum magnis..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Persis et Bactriano ac Scytha potitum quasque terras Suri Armeniique et contigui Cappadoces colunt, inde Bithynum, hinc Lycium..."
