syros
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Syrus, Syra, Syrum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Geography:
- Near East
Syrian, of Syria;
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →Syrus, Syri:
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);
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quia enim Persas, Paphlagones, Sinopes, Arabes, Cares, Cretanos, Syros, Rhodiam atque Lyciam, Perediam et Perbibesiam, Centauromachiam et Classiam..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Clitipho, timeo. CLIT. respira: eccum Dromonem cum Syro una: adsunt tibi. Syrvs Dromo Clinia Clitipho II.iii..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...praetereat Veneri ploratus Adonis, Cultaque Iudaeo septima sacra Syro. Nec fuge linigerae Memphitica templa iuvencae: Multas illa facit..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...genus: 'hora quota est?' 'Thraex est Gallina Syro par?' 'matutina parum cautos iam frigora mordent', et quae rimosa..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alias sparsas per orbem terrarum colonias habent, in Syros Parthos Aegyptios degenerarunt; Massilia, inter Gallos sita, traxit aliquantum..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nomina gentium inauditarum, Dahas et Cadusios et Elymaeos, Syros omnes esse, haud paulo mancipiorum melius propter seruilia ingenia..."
