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Σύριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Σύριος Σύριᾱ Σύριον

Structure: Συρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or from Syria

Examples

  • Ἑλλάνικοσ ὁ Λέσβιοσ ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ πέντε, καὶ Φερεκύδησ ὁ Σύριοσ ὁμοίωσ ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ πέντε. (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 22:4)
  • καὶ Σύριοσ σελάγιζε σαοφροσύνῃ Φερεκύδησ ἱστάμενοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 70:1)
  • Φερεκύδησ Βάβυοσ Σύριοσ, καθά φησιν Ἀλέξανδροσ ἐν Διαδοχαῖσ, Πιττακοῦ διακήκοεν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. ia'. FEREKUDHS 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or from Syria

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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