Dubis

See also: dubis and dubiš

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈduː.bɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪uː.bis]

The river's gorges

Proper noun

Dūbis m sg (genitive Dūbis); third declension

1. a river in modern France and Switzerland; modern Doubs

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dūbis
genitive	Dūbis
dative	Dūbī
accusative	Dūbim Dūbem
ablative	Dūbī Dūbe
vocative	Dūbis

Descendants

• French: Doubs

References

• Dubis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.