Symaean

Symæan English Alternative forms en Symæan Etymology From en la Sȳmaeus + en - en -an. Pronunciation en /saɪˈmiːən/ Adjective - Of, belonging to, or pertaining to en Syme. en 1903 Arthur Stoddard Cooley The Bronze Hermes from Antikythera Records of the Past 2 207 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=89K-KNgVL-UC&q=%22Sym%C3%A6an%22 About the end of 1900 Symæan divers fishing from the sponge-fishing boat ‘Photios Lentiakós,’ under Captain Demetrios E. Kontos, pulled up the well-preserved hand of a bronze statue off the north coast of Antikythera, the ancient Aigile (Cerigotto), near the place called to-day Pinakakia, about an hour distant from the river (whose mouth is) the principal mooring ground of the island. Translations of, belonging to, or pertaining to Syme French: fr syméen Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Σῡμαῖος Latin: la Sȳmaeus Noun A native or inhabitant of en Syme. en 1903 Arthur Stoddard Cooley The Bronze Hermes from Antikythera Records of the Past 2 207–208 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=89K-KNgVL-UC&q=%22Sym%C3%A6ans%22 At this discovery the captain of the boat dived himself, and seeing in the place where the hand was found a heap of various ancient statues, he stopped fishing for sponges and got under way for Syme (an island off the coast of Asia Minor, 15 miles N. W. of Rhodes), whence after consultation with other patriotic Symæans he came to Athens and communicated the find to the Greek Government, begging at the same time for official permission to go forward at his own expense to bring up the statues. Translations a native or inhabitant of Syme French: fr Syméen m Greek: el Συμαίος m Ancient Greek: grc Σῡμαῖος m Latin: la Sȳmaeus m Related terms en Syme