Pathissus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Pathiscus

Etymology

Perhaps from Thracian-Dacian *patis (“water”); compare Sanskrit पाथस् (pāthas, “water”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈtʰis.sus/, [päˈt̪ʰɪs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈtis.sus/, [päˈt̪isːus]

The river Tisza

Proper noun

Pathissus m sg (genitive Pathissī); second declension

1. A river of Dacia and tributary river of the Danube, probably the Tisza

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pathissus
Genitive	Pathissī
Dative	Pathissō
Accusative	Pathissum
Ablative	Pathissō
Vocative	Pathisse

References

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