Liris
See also: liris
Latin
editEtymology
editProbably from a zero-grade extension *li-ro- of Proto-Indo-European *(s)lei- (“slime, slimy, sticky”) (see also English slime (noun)). DNGI instead suggests a derivation from a pre-Roman hydronym *liri- (“muddy water”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ris/, [ˈlʲiːrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ris/, [ˈliːris]
Proper noun
editLīris m sg (genitive Līris); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, -in or -em, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Līris |
genitive | Līris |
dative | Līrī |
accusative | Līrim Līrin Līrem |
ablative | Līrī |
vocative | Līris |
Descendants
edit- Italian: Liri
References
edit- “Liris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Liris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 269