Sirius
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See also: Síríus
English
Etymology
From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios), usually taken from σείριος (seírios, “scorching; scorcher”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹi.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəs (some dialects)
- Homophone: serious (some dialects)
Proper noun
Sirius
- (astronomy) A binary star system in the constellation Canis Major
- (astronomy) A white main sequence star, the primary star of the star system, the only star of the pair that is visible to the naked eye. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
Synonyms
Primary star of the binary star
- Alpha Canis Majoris A
- Blazing Star (uncommon)
- Canicula (Roman contexts)
- Shira (Islamic contexts)
- Sopdet
- Sothis (Egyptian contexts)
- the Dog Star (informal)
- α Canis Majoris A
- α CMa A
Binary star system
- Alpha Canis Majoris (Bayer)
- α Canis Majoris (Bayer)
- α CMa (Bayer designation)
Hypernyms
Binary star system
Primary star of the binary star system
- binary component
- main sequence star
- Sirius (binary star system)
Hyponyms
(Binary star system):
white main sequence star
white dwarf star
- Alpha Canis Majoris B
- Sirius B
- the Pup (informal)
- α Canis Majoris B
- α CMa B
Translations
Translations
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See also
Faroese
Proper noun
Sirius m
- a male given name
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Sirius: Siriusarson or Siriusson
- daughter of Sirius: Siriusardóttir or Siriusdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Sirius |
Accusative | Sirius |
Dative | Siriusi |
Genitive | Siriusar |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sirius
Declension
Inflection of Sirius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sirius | — | |
genitive | Siriuksen | — | |
partitive | Siriusta | — | |
illative | Siriukseen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sirius | — | |
accusative | nom. | Sirius | — |
gen. | Siriuksen | ||
genitive | Siriuksen | — | |
partitive | Siriusta | — | |
inessive | Siriuksessa | — | |
elative | Siriuksesta | — | |
illative | Siriukseen | — | |
adessive | Siriuksella | — | |
ablative | Siriukselta | — | |
allative | Siriukselle | — | |
essive | Siriuksena | — | |
translative | Siriukseksi | — | |
abessive | Siriuksetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Inflection of Sirius (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sirius | — | |
genitive | Siriusin | — | |
partitive | Siriusia | — | |
illative | Siriusiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sirius | — | |
accusative | nom. | Sirius | — |
gen. | Siriusin | ||
genitive | Siriusin | — | |
partitive | Siriusia | — | |
inessive | Siriusissa | — | |
elative | Siriusista | — | |
illative | Siriusiin | — | |
adessive | Siriusilla | — | |
ablative | Siriusilta | — | |
allative | Siriusille | — | |
essive | Siriusina | — | |
translative | Siriusiksi | — | |
abessive | Siriusitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Sirius m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sirius)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios, “Seirios”), possibly from σείριος (seírios, “scorching, destructive”).
Proper noun
Sīrius m sg (genitive Sīriī or Sīrī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sīrius |
Genitive | Sīriī Sīrī1 |
Dative | Sīriō |
Accusative | Sīrium |
Ablative | Sīriō |
Vocative | Sīrī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Descendants
Borrowings
- → Afrikaans: Sirius
- →⇒ Arabic: اَلشِّعْرَى (aš-šiʕrā), الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة (aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya)
- → Armenian: Սիրիուս (Sirius)
- → Catalan: Sírius
- → Czech: Sirius
- → Dutch: Sirius
- → Esperanto: Siriuso
- → Estonian: Siirius
- → Faroese: Sirius
- → Finnish: Sirius
- → French: Sirius
- → Georgian: სირიუსი (siriusi)
- → German: Sirius
- → Indonesian: Sirius
- → Italian: Sirio
- → Japanese: シリウス (Shiriusu)
- → Korean: 시리우스 (siriuseu)
- → Latvian: Sīriuss
- → Lithuanian: Sirijus
- → Malay: Sirius
- → Polish: Syriusz
- → Portuguese: Sírio
- → Romanian: Sirius
- → Russian: Си́риус (Sírius)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: Sirio
- → Swedish: Sirius
- → Thai: ซิริอุส, ⇒ ดาวซิริอุส
- → Turkish: Sirius
- → Ukrainian: Сіріус (Sirius)
- → Vietnamese: Sirius
- → Welsh: Siriws
References
- “Sirius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Sirius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Sirius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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