"Sirius" meaning in Latin

See Sirius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios, “Seirios”), possibly from σείριος (seírios, “scorching, destructive”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|la|qsb-grc}}, {{der|la|grc|Σείριος||Seirios}} Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios, “Seirios”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Sīrius<2>}} Sīrius m sg (genitive Sīriī or Sīrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Sīrius<2>}} Forms: Sīrius [canonical, masculine, singular], Sīriī [genitive], Sīrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Sīrius [nominative, singular], Sīriī [genitive, singular], Sīrī [genitive, singular], Sīriō [dative, singular], Sīrium [accusative, singular], Sīriō [ablative, singular], Sīrī [singular, vocative]
  1. (astronomy) Sirius Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: Canicula, Sothis Hypernyms: stellae, Canis Major, Canicula
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