vallis

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to turn, wind, roll), same source as Latin vāllum (rampart), North Frisian wal (wall), Dutch wal (wall, rampart, embankment), German Wall (rampart, mound, embankment), Swedish vall (mound, wall, bank).[1]

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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vallis f (genitive vallis); third declension

  1. (literal) a valley, vale
  2. (transferred sense, poetic) a hollow
    Cur valle permutem Sabina divitias operosiores? (Hor, Odes 3, I)
    'Why should I change my Sabine valley, for the heavier burden of excess wealth? ' A. S. Kline
Inflection
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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vallis vallēs
Genitive vallis vallium
Dative vallī vallibus
Accusative vallem vallēs
vallīs
Ablative valle vallibus
Vocative vallis vallēs
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vāllīs n

  1. dative/ablative plural of vāllum

References

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  • vallis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vallis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Franco, Comparative etymological Dictionary of classical Indo-European languages: Indo-European - Sanskrit - Greek - Latin