Σῠράκουσαι [ᾱ], αἱ,
[[ “Syracuse”, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.4, 2nd c.BC: Scymnus Geographus 282, “IGRom.” 1.495 (Sicily, 1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect Σῠρήκουσαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.154 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect Σῠράκοσαι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.1, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 22.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also Σῠράκοσσαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.6 (with variants), conjecture in 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.184 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Συράκουσσ- Papyrus, as also [[ “Marm.Par.” 52,71)] Refs]: Σῠράκουσα, ἡ, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.75, 14.14, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius ] Refs 1st c.BC+], Συράκουσσα Hdn.Gr.[[ 1.270 codices 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; Σῠράκοσα, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.4 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also Σῠρακώ, οῦς, ἡ, [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 185 (name of a marsh, 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius; called “Tyraco”, Vibius Sequester p.154 Riese)] Refs 5th c.BC+].-- adjective Σῠρᾱκόσιος, α, ον, “Syracusan”, and as substantive a Syracusan, BMus.Cat.Coins Sicily [[ p.145, Th.[same place], “IG” 12(9).1187.15 (Euboea, 3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Ionic dialect and poetry Σῠρηκόσιος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.154, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.191 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 6.354 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; a form Σῠρακόσσιος [[Hdn.Gr. 1.120 ] Refs]; Σῠρακούσιος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 326b (assuming variant)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Συρρακούσιος variant in [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 12.36, compare 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.242, +others] Refs 4th c.AD+]; feminine Σῠρᾰκοσσίς, γλῶσσα [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 9.22:] Refs 4th c.AD+] —ἡ Συρακοσία [χώρα] the territory of S., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.52 (and so L. Dind. reads for ἡ Συράκουσα or Συράκοσα in 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus (see. above)): Συρακοσίων τράπεζα] Refs 5th c.BC+], proverbial of luxurious living, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 216 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Σῠρᾱκοσεύς, έως, ὁ, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius ] Refs 5th c.AD+]