sirus

sirus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós)bor.
Latin sīrus

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sīrus m (genitive sīrī); second declension

    1. pit for storing grain, underground granary

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sīrus sīrī
    genitive sīrī sīrōrum
    dative sīrō sīrīs
    accusative sīrum sīrōs
    ablative sīrō sīrīs
    vocative sīre sīrī

    See also

    References

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