Apsorus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Apsoros

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄψορος (Ápsoros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈap.so.rus/, [ˈäps̠ɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈap.so.rus/, [ˈäpsorus]

Proper noun

Apsorus f sg (genitive Apsorī); second declension

1. Lussino, an island situated off the Croatian coast
2. a city situated in this island, now Osor or Ossero

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Apsorus
Genitive	Apsorī
Dative	Apsorō
Accusative	Apsorum
Ablative	Apsorō
Vocative	Apsore
Locative	Apsorī

Descendants

• Italian: Ossero
• Serbo-Croatian: Osor

References

• “Apsŏrŏs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Apsorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.