Beris

See also: beris

Latin

Alternative forms

• Birēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βῆρις (Bêris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.ris/, [ˈbeːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ris/, [ˈbɛːris]

Proper noun

Bēris m sg (genitive Bēris); third declension

1. A river in Pontus, mentioned by Arrian
   • 1577, Guilielmo Stuckio Tigurino (translator), Ponti euxini et maris Erythraei Periplus

     Greek text: Ἀπὸ δὲ Θερμώδοντος εἰς Βῆριν ποταμὸν, στάδιοι ἐνενήκοντα. ἐνθένδε εἰς Θόαριν ποταμὸν ἐξήκοντα.

     Latin translation: A Thermodonte ad Berim fluvium, nonaginta stadia. Inde ad Thoarim fluvium, sexaginta.

     English translation: From the Thermodon to the river Beris ninety stadia. From the Beris to the river Thoaris sixty stadia.

   • 1855, Karl Müller (translator), Periplus Ponti Euxini, in Geographi graeci minores, Volume 1, page 409

     Greek text: [Ἀπὸ δὲ Θερμώδοντος ποταμοῦ] εἰς Βῆριν ποταμὸν στάδια ξʹ, μίλια ηʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ Βήρεως ποταμοῦ εἰ Θοάριον ποταμὸν στάδια Ϟʹ μίλια ιβʹ.

     Latin translation: A Thermodonte ad Berin fluvium stadia 60, milia 8. A Beri fluvio ad Thoarium (Thoarin?) fluvium stadia 90, milia 12

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bēris
Genitive	Bēris
Dative	Bērī
Accusative	Bērim Bērin
Ablative	Bērī
Vocative	Bēris

References

• “Beris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly