Duris

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δοῦρις (Doûris).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dūris m sg (genitive Dūridis); third declension

  1. A Greek historian of Samos

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Dūris
genitive Dūridis
dative Dūridī
accusative Dūridem
ablative Dūride
vocative Dūris

References

  • Duris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Duris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.