Silarus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Illyrian, from Proto-Indo-European *sil-ₑro-, suffixed zero-grade form of *seyl-, extension of *sey- (“to be damp, drip”), related to Old Saxon sioloth (“lake”), Old Irish silid (“he flows”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.la.rus/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ärʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.la.rus/, [ˈsiːlärus]
Proper noun
editSilarus m sg (genitive Silarī); second declension
- A river of Southern Italy forming the boundary between Campania and Lucania, now the river Sele.
- A river of Northern Italy forming the boundary between Emilia and Romagna, now the river Sillaro.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Silarus |
Genitive | Silarī |
Dative | Silarō |
Accusative | Silarum |
Ablative | Silarō |
Vocative | Silare |
References
edit- “Silarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Silarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Silarus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.
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- Latin terms borrowed from Illyrian
- Latin terms derived from Illyrian
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
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