surie
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Surius, Surii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Syrian, of Syria; (name of a variety of dark-skinned pear);
voc. sg.
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..."
