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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βῆρις (Bêris).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bēris m sg (genitive Bēris); third declension
- A river in Pontus, mentioned by Arrian
- 1577, Guilielmo Stuckio Tigurino (translator), Ponti euxini et maris Erythraei Periplus
- Greek text: Ἀπὸ δὲ Θερμώδοντος εἰς Βῆριν ποταμὸν, στάδιοι ἐνενήκοντα. ἐνθένδε εἰς Θόαριν ποταμὸν ἐξήκοντα.
- Latin translation: A Thermodonte ad Berim fluvium, nonaginta stadia. Inde ad Thoarim fluvium, sexaginta.
- English translation: From the Thermodon to the river Beris ninety stadia. From the Beris to the river Thoaris sixty stadia.
- 1855, Karl Müller (translator), Periplus Ponti Euxini, in Geographi graeci minores, Volume 1, page 409
- Greek text: εἰς Βῆριν ποταμὸν στάδια ξʹ, μίλια ηʹ. Ἀπὸ δὲ Βήρεως ποταμοῦ εἰ Θοάριον ποταμὸν στάδια Ϟʹ μίλια ιβʹ.
- Latin translation: A Thermodonte ad Berin fluvium stadia 60, milia 8. A Beri fluvio ad Thoarium (Thoarin?) fluvium stadia 90, milia 12
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
References
- “Beris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly