Morius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μώριος (Mṓrios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.ri.us/, [ˈmoːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.us/, [ˈmɔːrius]

Proper noun

Mōrius m sg (genitive Mōriī or Mōrī); second declension

1. A river of Boeotia, rising near Chaeronea and flowing into the river Cephisus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mōrius
Genitive	Mōriī Mōrī1
Dative	Mōriō
Accusative	Mōrium
Ablative	Mōriō
Vocative	Mōrī

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

References

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