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[Facts] What is the origin of the name Synesius

by Roy (guest)

8/31/2001, 1:23 AM

I have a couple ancestors with the name Synesius also spelled Sinisius and Sinisi.

Could anyone tell me the origin of this name.

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- Cheryl (guest) +1

8/31/2001, 1:37 PM

Pavlos may be right; Synesius may have Greek origins but, it almost has to be a Latin variation. I'm not familiar with that particular name but most names with an IUS ending are Latin.

- Pavlos (guest)

8/31/2001, 3:44 PM

Usually Greek names ending with -ios are rendered in Latin with an -ius. Examples include my patron god Priapos (Gr) - Priapus (Lat.).

- Pavlos (guest) +2

8/31/2001, 2:06 AM

Synesios is derived from the Greek word "synesis" meaning "intelligence, sagacity". The name is also recorded in "A
Lexicon of Greek Personal Names" of Oxford University.

- roy (guest) +1

9/3/2001, 3:01 AM

To Pavlos and the others who answered myquerry.

I thank you for your input, I really didn't think I would get a response.

For what I've seen of this site, I would tell others of it.

Shalom.....

- Pavlos (guest)

9/3/2001, 3:24 AM

You're welcome Roy :))

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