Moenis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Moenus

Etymology

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View of the river

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoe̯.nis/, [ˈmoe̯nɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nis/, [ˈmɛːnis]

Proper noun

Moenis m sg (genitive Moenis); third declension

1. The river Main

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Moenis
Genitive	Moenis
Dative	Moenī
Accusative	Moenem
Ablative	Moene
Vocative	Moenis

Descendants

• German: Main
• Italian: Meno

References

• “Moenis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Moenus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Moenis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.