σύρος

See also: Σύρος and Σῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably related to σύρω (súrō, to drag, trail, sweep) and σαίρω (saírō, to sweep), reflecting a Proto-Indo-European root *tuer- (to sweep, stir).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠ́ρος • (súros) m (genitive σῠ́ρου); second declension

  1. broom, brushwood

Inflection

Further reading

  • σύρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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