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
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quoi dedisti sumbolum? HAR. Rufus quidam, ventriosus, crassis suris, subniger, magno capite, acutis oculis, ore rubicundo, admodum magnis..."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..."
