Syene

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Συήνη (Suḗnē).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /syˈeː.neː/, [sʏˈeː.neː]

Proper noun

Syēnē f (genitive Syēnēs); first declension

  1. Aswan (city in southern Egypt)
  2. (poetic, metonymically) syenite (the red hornblende granite of Syene, for which it was famous)

Declension

First declension, Greek type, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Syēnē
genitive Syēnēs
dative Syēnae
accusative Syēnēn
ablative Syēnē
vocative Syēnē
locative Syēnae
  • Syēnītēs

References

  • SYE´NE in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Sy̆ēnē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sy̆ēnē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,532
  • “Syēnē” on page 1,895/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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