Clusius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Clesis, Clisis, Cleusis

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.si.us/, [ˈkɫ̪ʊs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.si.us/, [ˈkluːs̬ius]

View of the river

Proper noun

Clūsius m sg (genitive Clūsiī or Clūsī); second declension

1. A river in Gallia Transpadana that flows into the Ollius, now the Chiese

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Clūsius
Genitive	Clūsiī Clūsī1
Dative	Clūsiō
Accusative	Clūsium
Ablative	Clūsiō
Vocative	Clūsī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Clusius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Clusius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly