Apsorus

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄψορος (Ápsoros).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Apsorus f sg (genitive Apsorī); second declension

  1. Lussino, an island situated off the Croatian coast
  2. a city situated in this island, now Osor or Ossero

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Apsorus
Genitive Apsorī
Dative Apsorō
Accusative Apsorum
Ablative Apsorō
Vocative Apsore
Locative Apsorī

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: Ossero
  • Serbo-Croatian: Osor

References[edit]

  • Apsŏrŏs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Apsorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.