Aciris

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄκιρις (Ákiris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ki.ris/, [ˈäkɪrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃi.ris/, [ˈäːt͡ʃiris]

Proper noun

Aciris m sg (genitive Aciris); third declension

1. 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

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

References

• Aciris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Aciris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly