Selleis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελλήεις (Sellḗeis).

Pronunciation

• Sellēīs: (Classical) IPA^(key): /selˈleː.iːs/, [s̠ɛlˈlʲeːiːs̠]
• Sellēīs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /selˈle.is/, [selˈlɛːis]
• Selle͡is: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.liːs/, [ˈs̠ɛlːʲiːs̠]
• Selle͡is: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.lis/, [ˈsɛlːis]

Proper noun

Sellēīs or Selleis m sg (genitive Sellēentos or Sellēentis or Sellentis); third declension

1. A river of Elis mentioned by Homer
2. A river of Sicyonia mentioned by Strabo
   • 1695, Dominicus Aebinga, De oraculo Dodonaeo... , (page 5):

     Circa illud Templum erat fluvius Selleentos nomine expressus et significatus.

   • 1701, Christoph Cellarius, Notitia orbis antiqui - Volume 1 , (page 1182):

     Strabo dicit pag. 233 inter Cyllenen et Chelonatam promontorium exire Peneum et Selleenta fluuios

   • 1823, E. F. Poppo, Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo , ([177]):

     non item quum Peneum et Sellentem inter Chelonatam et Alpheum conlocavit

   • 1825, Josephus Iscanus, Dictys Cretensis et Dares Phrygius de bello Trojano , (page 158):

     Urbs Troadis circa Abydum, ad fluvium Sellentem.

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type or non-Greek-type; two different stems), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sellēīs Selle͡is
Genitive	Sellēentos Sellēentis Sellentis
Dative	Sellēentī Sellentī
Accusative	Sellēenta Sellēentem Sellentem
Ablative	Sellēente Sellente
Vocative	Sellēīs Selle͡is

References

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