glis

See also: Glis

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”), related to Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡliːs/, [ɡlʲiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlis]

Noun

glīs m (genitive glīris); third declension

1. dormouse

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glīs	glīrēs
Genitive	glīris	glīrium
Dative	glīrī	glīribus
Accusative	glīrem	glīrēs glīrīs
Ablative	glīre	glīribus
Vocative	glīs	glīrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: liró
• Corsican: ghjira
• English: loir
• French: loir
• Friulian: glîr

• Galician: leirón
• Italian: ghiro
• Ladin: ghiro
• Spanish: lirón

Related terms

• glirarium

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”). See also Latin glūten and glutus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlis]

Noun

glis f (genitive glitis); third declension

1. (mineralogy) A tenacious kind of earth

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glis	glitēs
Genitive	glitis	glitum
Dative	glitī	glitibus
Accusative	glitem	glitēs
Ablative	glite	glitibus
Vocative	glis	glitēs

References

• “glis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• glis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb glise

Noun

glis m (definite singular glisen, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisene)
glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa or glisene)

1. a grin, sneer

References

• “glis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “glis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb glise

Noun

glis m (definite singular glisen, indefinite plural glisar, definite plural glisane)
glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa)

1. a grin, sneer

References

• “glis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Westrobothnian

Verb

1. To grin, laugh up one's sleeve.
2. To mock, make fun of, sneer.
3. To squint.
4. To shine through a crack.

Noun

1. Crevice, crack, opening; including, for example, between two clouds.

Adjective

1. Sparse, not dense.
2. Thinly sown or grown.