"Syracuse" was atoned for by the more appropriate and euphonical old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference

In French we have them all masculine, strictly speaking, le printemps, l'été, l'automne, l'hiver; but by one of the very few licenses permitted in French grammar, autumn occasionally becomes feminine, in a sense half poetical, half euphonical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rural Hours] Reference

Another party, possessing the equally euphonical name of "Old Hunkers," are thus described: -- "Standing midway between this wing of the Democracy and the Whig party, is that portion who have taken upon themselves the comfortable title of 'Old Hunkers. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference