Trerus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tolerus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρῆρος (Trêros). The stem *tol in its alternative form can be compared with the city Tolentinum in Picenum, and possibly Toletum in Hispania and modern French Toulouse in France. Or, possible Proto-Indo-European origins include *tel- (“to be still”) (Lithuanian tyla (“silence”)), *telh₂- (“flat ground, bottom”) or *telh₂- (“to transport, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtreː.rus/, [ˈt̪reːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtre.rus/, [ˈt̪rɛːrus]

Proper noun

Trērus m sg (genitive Trērī); second declension

1. A river of Latium mentioned by Strabo, now the Sacco

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Trērus
Genitive	Trērī
Dative	Trērō
Accusative	Trērum
Ablative	Trērō
Vocative	Trēre

References

• “Trerus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
• Latium ~ Toleria