Syracusae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sy.raːˈkuː.sae̯/, [s̠ʏräːˈkuːs̠äe̯]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /si.raˈku.se/, [siräˈkuːs̬e]

Proper noun

Syrācūsae f pl (genitive Syrācūsārum); first declension

  1. Syracuse (a city in Sicily)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Syrācūsae
Genitive Syrācūsārum
Dative Syrācūsīs
Accusative Syrācūsās
Ablative Syrācūsīs
Vocative Syrācūsae
Locative Syrācūsīs

Descendants
  • → English: Syracuse
  • Italian: Siracusa
  • Sicilian: Saragusa

References
  • “Syracusae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Syracusae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.