Marsyas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαρσύας (Marsúas).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.sy.aːs/, [ˈmärs̠yäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.si.as/, [ˈmärsiäs]

Marsyās m sg (genitive Marsyae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) A mythological satyr skinned alive by Apollo for challenging him
2. A tributary river of the Maeander
3. A river of Syria mentioned only by Pliny as dividing Apamea from the territory of the Nazerini

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• “Marsyas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Marsyas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Marsyas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly