Syene

From Ancient Greek Συήνη (Suḗnē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /syˈeː.neː/, [sʏˈeː.neː]

Syēnē f (genitive Syēnēs); first declension

1. Aswan (city in southern Egypt)
2. (poetic, metonymically) syenite (the red hornblende granite of Syene, for which it was famous)

First declension, Greek type, with locative.

• Syēnītēs

• SYE´NE in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Sy̆ēnē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sy̆ēnē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,532
• “Syēnē” on page 1,895/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)