Albis

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *albī (river), see also Old Norse Elfr, Swedish älv (river), Norwegian elv (river), Old English elf, and Middle Low German elve (river-bed).[1]

Pronunciation

View of the river

Proper noun

Albis m sg (genitive Albis); third declension

  1. Elbe (a river in Germany)
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Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in ), with locative, singular only.

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Albis on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
  • Albis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Albis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 95/1.
  • Albis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Albis” on page 93/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)