Liris
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See also: liris
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from a zero-grade extension *li-ro- of Proto-Indo-European *(s)lei- (“slime, slimy, sticky”) (see also English slime (noun)). DNGI instead suggests a derivation from a pre-Roman hydronym *liri- (“muddy water”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ris/, [ˈlʲiːrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ris/, [ˈliːris]
Proper noun[edit]
Līris m sg (genitive Līris); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, -in or -em, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Līris |
Genitive | Līris |
Dative | Līrī |
Accusative | Līrim Līrin Līrem |
Ablative | Līrī |
Vocative | Līris |
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: Liri
References[edit]
- “Liris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Liris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 269