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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Συρικός (Surikós). By surface analysis, Syrus +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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syricus (feminine syrica, neuter syricum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Syrian
    Synonym: syrus

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative syricus syrica syricum syricī syricae syrica
genitive syricī syricae syricī syricōrum syricārum syricōrum
dative syricō syricae syricō syricīs
accusative syricum syricam syricum syricōs syricās syrica
ablative syricō syricā syricō syricīs
vocative syrice syrica syricum syricī syricae syrica

Descendants

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  • Italian: sorgo
  • Slovene: sirk

Further reading

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  • syricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • syricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.