Syēnē, ēs, f., = Συήνη,
I a town at the southern extremity of Upper Egypt , now Essouan , Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 183 sqq.; Ov. P. 1, 5, 79; Mel. 1, 9, 9; Luc. 2, 587; 10, 234; Mart. 9, 36, 7.—Meton., the granite of Syene , Syenite , Stat. S. 4, 2, 27.
II —Hence, Syē-nītes , ae, adj. m. , of or belonging to Syene , Syenite : Phorbas, Ov. M. 5, 74: lapis, a kind of red granite , Syenite , Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 63.— As subst.: Syēnītae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Syene , the Syenites , Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 178.