syce

== English == === Noun === syce (plural syces) Alternative spelling of sais (“groom or chauffeur”). === Anagrams === Sec'y, YECs, scye, sec'y == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek συκῆ (sukê). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsyː.keː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.t͡ʃe] === Noun === sȳcē f (genitive sȳcēs); first declension A plant also called peplis The resin of the tree called taeda (medicine) A constantly running sore in the corner of the eye ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). === References === “syce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “syce”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “syce”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Middle English == === Noun === syce alternative form of syse (“size, assize”)