glis

See also: Glis

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”), related to Sanskrit गिरि (girí, “mouse”), Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).

Alternative forms

• glīrus (late, proscribed)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡliːs/, [ɡlʲiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlis]

Noun

glīs m (genitive glīris); third declension

1. dormouse

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glīs	glīrēs
Genitive	glīris	glīrium
Dative	glīrī	glīribus
Accusative	glīrem	glīrēs glīrīs
Ablative	glīre	glīribus
Vocative	glīs	glīrēs

Related terms

• glirarium

Descendants

(Most via the late variant glīrus)

• Italo-Romance
  • Corsican: ghjira
  • Italian: ghiro
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: glîr
  • Ladin: ghiro
  • Lombard: glera
  • Venetian:
    • → Cimbrian: glèerle
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: gllir
  • French: loir
    • → English: loir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: lirio; ⇒ leirón
  • Old Spanish: lir
    • ⇒ Spanish: lirón
      • → Catalan: liró

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”). See also Latin glūten and glutus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlis]

Noun

glis f (genitive glitis); third declension

1. (mineralogy) A tenacious kind of earth

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glis	glitēs
Genitive	glitis	glitum
Dative	glitī	glitibus
Accusative	glitem	glitēs
Ablative	glite	glitibus
Vocative	glis	glitēs

References

• “glis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• glis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb glise.

Noun

glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa or glisene)

1. a grin
2. a sneer

Usage notes

• In 2020, masculine inflection (glisen) was made obsolete.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb glise.

Noun

glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa)

1. a grin
2. a sneer

Usage notes

• In 2020, masculine forms (glisen, glisar, glisane) were made obsolete.

Noun

glis m (definite singular glisen, indefinite plural glisar, definite plural glisane)

1. a person who always has a grin