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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄκις (Ákis) or Ἆκις (Âkis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ā̆cis m sg (genitive Ā̆cidis); third declension
- A river on the east coast of Sicily
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 4.467–468, (with long
Ā):
- Iamque Leontīnōs Amenānaque flūmina cursū / praeterit et rīpās, herbifer Āci, tuās.
- And now in her course she passes the people of Leontium and the streams of Amenanus, and thy banks, grassy Acis.
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
See also
References
- “Acis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Acis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Acis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung