Syene

See also: Syène

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Συήνη (Suḗnē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Syēnē f sg (genitive Syēnēs); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Syēnē
Genitive Syēnēs
Dative Syēnae
Accusative Syēnēn
Ablative Syēnē
Vocative Syēnē
Locative Syēnae

Descendants

  • French: Syène

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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