syce

See also: Syce, sycę, and sýce

English

Noun

syce (plural syces)

1. Alternative spelling of sais (“groom or chauffeur”).

Anagrams

• Sec'y, YECs, scye, sec'y

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συκῆ (sukê).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsyː.keː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.t͡ʃe]

Noun

sȳcē f (genitive sȳcēs); first declension

1. A plant also called peplis
2. The resin of the tree called taeda
3. (medicine) A constantly running sore in the corner of the eye

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

	singular	plural
nominative	sȳcē	sȳcae
genitive	sȳcēs	sȳcārum
dative	sȳcae	sȳcīs
accusative	sȳcēn	sȳcās
ablative	sȳcē	sȳcīs
vocative	sȳcē	sȳcae

References

• “syce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “syce”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “syce”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle English

Noun

syce

1. alternative form of syse (“size, assize”)