Sirius (need help pronoucing his name)

[simbananacat]

I have an embarrassing HP problem.  I don't know how to 
pronounce "Sirius".  I try to avoid using his name in conversations 
because I can't say it.  This makes it difficult to discuss his role 
in OOP.  I have tried looking it up in the dictionary but this didn't 
really help as I can never understand those pronunciation guides.  

The closest I can come is Sir-re-us (3 syllables) with the accent on 
Sir. 

What does everyone else think?