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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμισός (Amisós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amīsus f sg (genitive Amīsī); second declension
- A city of Pontus situated not far from Sinope, now Samsun
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Amisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Amisus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly