The corpus record — Latin

Syrus

Syrus · m

a broom

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Where it lives

Heautontimorumenos 253 · 230.27/10k
Adelphi 156 · 157.61/10k
Mercator 21 · 24.52/10k
Verus 3 · 14.58/10k
De vita Hadriani 4 · 7.8/10k
Alexander Severus 7 · 6.55/10k
Divus Aurelianus 5 · 6.4/10k
Mosella 2 · 6.15/10k
Probus 2 · 4.85/10k
Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k

Densest 12 of 65 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. syrus — Lewis & Short

syrus, i, m.,

I a broom, besom, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 10.

2. Syrus — Lewis & Short

Syrus, a, um, v. Syria, B.

3. Syrus — Walde–Hofmann

Syrus (Surus Plaut), - m. ,Syrier* (Plt., Syriscus Ter) Syria, -ae f. „Syrien“ (seit Cic., rom., Syriacus ,syrisch* seit Catull, Syrieus : seit Colum., Syrisca seit Ter., Syriäticus seit Dig): entl. aus gr. Züpog neben Xópioc (auch Kompos. Neundoupan); vgl. Xópiot, Zupia = ’Acoupia, *"Accópioi, s. Herodot 7,63 (Kretschmer Gl. 24, 218). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Syrus, p. 1546]

4. surus — de Vaan

surus 'post, stake' [m. o] (Enn.+) Derivatives: surculus 'twig, stick' (Cato+), surcularius 'living among twigs' (Varro+); sura 'calf of the leg' (P1.+)? No certain etymology. The length of the first vowel in surus is uncertain; if it was long, it may be connected with sura 'calf of the leg': the 'post, stake' would have been denominated after the body-part, as is often the case. If it was short surus, it might be … — [de Vaan, s.v. surus, p. 616]

5. sūrus — Lewis & Short

sūrus, i, m.,

I a branch, a stake, Varr. L. L. 10, § 73 Müll.: surum dicebant, ex quo per deminutionem fit surculus. Ennius: unus surus surum ferret, tamen defendere possent, Fest. p. 299 ib. (cf. Enn. Ann. v. 516 Vahl.); cf. crebrisuro.

6. Surus — Lewis & Short

Surus, i, m.,

I a celebrated elephant in the Carthaginian army, mentioned by Cato, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 12 (v. Syrus).

In the wild

6 of 572 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Syrus (scan p. 1546; entry #2911).

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