Syrus

• Older: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.rus/, [ˈs̠ʊrʊs̠]
• Newer: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.rus/, [ˈs̠ɪrʊs̠]
• Hellenizing: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.rus/, [ˈs̠ʏrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.rus/, [ˈsiːrus]

Syrus (feminine Syra, neuter Syrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative letter-case form of syrus (“Syrian”).

From syrus (“Syrian”).

Syrus m sg (genitive Syrī); second declension

1. Initially a slave name, also used as a cognomen.

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σῦρος (Sûros).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsyː.rus/, [ˈs̠yːrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.rus/, [ˈsiːrus]

Sȳrus f sg (genitive Sȳrī); second declension

1. Alternative form of Syros (“one of the Cyclades”)

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Shorthand for Ephraem Sȳrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐφραίμ ὁ Σῦρος (Ephraím ho Sûros). Note the difference in prosody from Attic Σῠ́ρος (Súros, “Syrian”) and its coincidence with the island's name above - this may reflect the breakdown of Attic prosody, or a regional pronunciation.

Sȳrus m sg (genitive Sȳrī); second declension

1. (agnomen or signum) Ephrem the Syrian

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Syrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Syrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Syrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Ephraem Syrus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la