Silis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Along with the river Silarus, from a zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *seil-, extension of *sei- (“to be damp, drip”), related to Old Saxon sioloth (“lake”), Old Irish silid (“he flows”).
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.lis/, [ˈs̠ɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.lis/, [ˈsiːlis]
Proper noun
[edit]Silis m sg (genitive Silis); third declension
- A river of Venetia that flows into the Adriatic Sea near Altinum, now the Sile
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Silis |
Genitive | Silis |
Dative | Silī |
Accusative | Silem |
Ablative | Sile |
Vocative | Silis |
References
[edit]- “Silis”, 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.