Chrysus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) (already Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀬𐀰 (ku-ru-so)), Semitic loan, compare with Biblical Hebrew חָרוּץ (ḥārūṣ), Akkadian 𒆬𒄀 (ḫurāṣu ).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰryː.sus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.sus/,
Homophone: chrȳsus

Proper noun

Chrȳsus m sg (genitive Chrȳsī); second declension

a river in Hispania

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Chrȳsus
genitive	Chrȳsī
dative	Chrȳsō
accusative	Chrȳsum
ablative	Chrȳsō
vocative	Chrȳse
locative	Chrȳsī

References

Chrȳsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 303/3.

^ Chrysus - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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