Siris

Siris

1. plural of Siri

From Ancient Greek Σῖρις (Sîris).

The river's mouth

Sīris m sg (genitive Sīris); third declension

1. A river in Lucania that flows into the Ionian Sea, now the river Sinni
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.97.6:

     similiter est inter Sirim et Acirim Heraclea, aliquando Siris vocitata.

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.

Sīris f sg (genitive Sīris); third declension

1. A city of Magna Graecia situated at the mouth of the river with the same name

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), with locative, singular only.

• Sīrīnus

• Siris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Siris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly