Aciris
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἄκιρις (Ákiris).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ki.ris/, [ˈäkɪrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃi.ris/, [ˈäːt͡ʃiris]
Proper noun[edit]
Aciris m sg (genitive Aciris); third declension
- A river in Lucania that flows into the Ionian Sea near the city of Heraclea, now the river Agri
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.97.6:
- similiter est inter Sirim et Acirim Heraclea, aliquando Siris vocitata.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Aciris |
Genitive | Aciris |
Dative | Acirī |
Accusative | Acirim |
Ablative | Acirī |
Vocative | Aciris |