ciris

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ris/, [ˈkiːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ris/, [ˈt͡ʃiːris]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κεῖρις (keîris).

Noun

cīris f (genitive cīris); third declension

1. egret

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cīris	cīrēs
Genitive	cīris	cīrium
Dative	cīrī	cīribus
Accusative	cīrem	cīrēs cīrīs
Ablative	cīre	cīribus
Vocative	cīris	cīrēs

Etymology 2

Verb

cīris

1. second-person singular present passive indicative of ciō

References

• “ciris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ciris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ciris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers