Liris

See also: liris

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ris/, [ˈlʲiːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ris/, [ˈliːris]

The river's waterfalls

Proper noun

Līris m sg (genitive Līris); third declension

1. One of the main rivers of Latium, now the Liri

Declension

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

• Italian: Liri

References

• “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.