Συράκοσαι

Ancient Greek

Συράκοσαι (Surā́kosai) Syracuse was the most powerful Doric Greek settlement in Magna Graecia, and among the largest of the Ancient Greek world. Syracuse played a major role in the Peloponnesian War. From 415-413 BC, archrival Athens launched a massive Sicilian Expedition campaign to attack Syracuse; a series of battles between the two great city-states ended in a decisive Syracusan victory and a crushing Attic defeat whence Athens never fully recovered.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.rǎː.ko.sai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈra.ko.sɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈra.ko.sɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈra.ko.se/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈra.ko.se/

Proper noun

Συρᾱ́κοσαι • (Surā́kosai) f pl (genitive Συρακοσῶν); first declension (Doric)

Doric form of Συράκουσαι (Surákousai, “Syracuse, ancient Doric city-state on the island of Sicily in Magna Graecia”)

Inflection

First declension of ταὶ Σῠρᾱ́κοσαι; τᾶν Σῠρᾱκοσᾶν (Doric)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	ταὶ Σῠρᾱ́κοσαι taì Surā́kosai
Genitive	τᾶν Σῠρᾱκοσᾶν tân Surākosân
Dative	ταῖς Σῠρᾱκόσαις taîs Surākósais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Σῠρᾱκόσᾱς tā̀s Surākósās
Vocative	Σῠρᾱ́κοσαι Surā́kosai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Συρακοσεύς (Surakoseús)
Συρακοσία (Surakosía)
Συρακόσιος (Surakósios)
Συρακόσσιος (Surakóssios)
Συρακοσσίς (Surakossís)

References

“Συράκουσαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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