Σύρος [ῠ], ὁ,
Syrian, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.329.18, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.91 codices (variant in 2.30, 104.159, 3.5), “Tragica Adespota” 162 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Λευκόσυροι, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 638, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6 codices, 7.72 codices (but Σύριοι of the Λ., see below)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently used as a slave's name, [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 51, 4th c.BC: Eriphus Comicus 6, 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.86, “IG” 22.2937.12, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—feminine Σύρα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1146 (troch.), 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 125 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. --Syria was called Σῠρία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.105, etc.; Σ. ἡ Παλαιστίνη [prev. author] 3.91, 4.39; Σ. Παλαιστίνη “IGRom.” 3.172.22 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD), “OGI” 601.6 (Amastris, 2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ Φοινίκη Σ. [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.93 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; Κοίλη Σ. between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, see at {κοῖλο; ἡ ἄνω Σ}. (uncertain reading) [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.38 ] Refs 1st c.BC+].--The Syrians were also called Σύριοι, a name which in early times was given to the Assyrians, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.63, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 84 (Lyric poetry), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and to the Cappadocians or Λευκόσυροι [[(1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.3.5. +others), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.72, 2.104, 3.90, 5.49 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σ. Καππαδόκαι (variant{Σ. καὶ} K.) [[ [prev. author] 1.72; Σ. οἱ ἐν τῇ Παλαιστίνῃ [prev. author] 2.104 ] Refs].-- adjective Σύριος [ῠ], α, ον, [[ “Syrian”, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1312, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 144 (Lyric poetry), etc.; Σ. πόα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 627b17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σ. πύλαι (see. πύλη [[ 11.2)] Refs]:—also Σῠριᾰκός, ή, όν, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.17.3, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.31, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]-- adverb Σῠρίηθεν from Syria, [[ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 895. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]