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
- T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quia enim Persas, Paphlagones, Sinopes, Arabes, Cares, Cretanos, Syros, Rhodiam atque Lyciam, Perediam et Perbibesiam, Centauromachiam et Classiam..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Clitipho, timeo. CLIT. respira: eccum Dromonem cum Syro una: adsunt tibi. Syrvs Dromo Clinia Clitipho II.iii..." - P
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..." - Q
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..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alias sparsas per orbem terrarum colonias habent, in Syros Parthos Aegyptios degenerarunt; Massilia, inter Gallos sita, traxit aliquantum..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nomina gentium inauditarum, Dahas et Cadusios et Elymaeos, Syros omnes esse, haud paulo mancipiorum melius propter seruilia ingenia..."