Siren

See also: siren, sìrén, sīrén, and sǐrén

Translingual

Siren lacertina

Etymology

From Latin Siren

Proper noun

Siren f

A taxonomic genus within the family Sirenidae – the sirens, species of salamander.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata&nbps;- subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Amphibia - class; Lissamphibia - subclass; Caudata - order; Sirenoidea - suborder; Sirenidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Siren lacertina - type species; Siren intermedia - only other extant species

References

Siren (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Siren on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Siren on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

The name was intended to be Syren, from Swedish syren (“lilac”), but this was "corrected" by the US Post Office to Siren, who thought the name applied for was a misspelling.

Proper noun

Siren

a village and a town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, USA. The village is the county seat.

Anagrams

ESRIN, Isner, Rines, reins, resin, rines, rinse, risen, serin

Finnish

Alternative forms

Sirén

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsire̞ːn/
Hyphenation: Si‧ren

Proper noun

Siren

A surname.

Declension

Inflection of Siren (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Siren	Sirenit
genitive		Sirenin	Sirenien
partitive		Sireniä	Sirenejä
illative		Sireniin	Sireneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Siren	Sirenit
accusative	nom.	Siren	Sirenit
accusative	gen.	Sirenin	Sirenit
genitive		Sirenin	Sirenien
partitive		Sireniä	Sirenejä
inessive		Sirenissä	Sireneissä
elative		Sirenistä	Sireneistä
illative		Sireniin	Sireneihin
adessive		Sirenillä	Sireneillä
ablative		Sireniltä	Sireneiltä
allative		Sirenille	Sireneille
essive		Sireninä	Sireneinä
translative		Sireniksi	Sireneiksi
instructive		—	Sirenein
abessive		Sirenittä	Sireneittä
comitative		—	Sireneineen

Latin

Alternative forms

Sirena

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.reːn/

Noun

Sīrēn f (genitive Sīrēnis); third declension

a siren, one of the mythical birds with faces of virgins, that dwelt on the southern coast of Italy, where, with their sweet voices, they enticed ashore those who were sailing by, and then killed them.
drone in a hive

Usage notes

Mainly used in the plural form Sirenes (“Sirens”), Ancient Greek Σειρῆνες (Seirênes).

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Sīrēn	Sīrēnēs
genitive	Sīrēnis	Sīrēnum
dative	Sīrēnī	Sīrēnibus
accusative	Sīrēnem	Sīrēnēs
ablative	Sīrēne	Sīrēnibus
vocative	Sīrēn	Sīrēnēs

Derived terms

Terms derived from Siren

Sīrēnaeus (“Siren-”)

Sīrēnis, Sīrēnidis (“of the Sirens”)

Sīrēnius (“of or pertaining to the Sirens, Siren-”)

Descendants

Asturian: serena, sirena
Catalan: sirena
English: Siren, siren
French: sirène
Galician: serea, sirena
German: Sirene
Irish: Síréana
Italian: sirena, serena
Old French: sereine
Old Portuguese: serẽa
Portuguese: sereia, sirena
Romanian: sirenă
Spanish: sirena, serena, serea

References

Siren in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Siren in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Siren in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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