Syriacus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Συριακός (Suriakós), from Συρία (Suría) +‎ -ακός (-akós). By surface analysis, Syria +‎ -acus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [syˈri.a.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siˈriː.a.kus]

Adjective

Syriacus (feminine Syriaca, neuter Syriacum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Syrian
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem 1.2.7:

     Nam si te interioribus vicinis tuis Ciliciensi et Syriaco anteponis

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   • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia 8.179:

     Syriacis non sunt palearia sed gibber in dorso

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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Syriacus	Syriaca	Syriacum		Syriacī	Syriacae	Syriaca
genitive	Syriacī	Syriacae	Syriacī		Syriacōrum	Syriacārum	Syriacōrum
dative	Syriacō	Syriacae	Syriacō		Syriacīs
accusative	Syriacum	Syriacam	Syriacum		Syriacōs	Syriacās	Syriaca
ablative	Syriacō	Syriacā	Syriacō		Syriacīs
vocative	Syriace	Syriaca	Syriacum		Syriacī	Syriacae	Syriaca

Descendants

• Catalan: siríac
• English: Syriac
• French: syriaque
• Italian: siriaco
• Portuguese: siríaco
• Spanish: siríaco

Further reading

• “Syriacus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.