Liris

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from a zero-grade extension *li-ro- of Proto-Indo-European *(s)lei- (slime, slimy, sticky) (see also English slime (noun)). DNGI instead suggests a derivation from a pre-Roman hydronym *liri- (muddy water).[1]

Pronunciation

The river's waterfalls

Proper noun

Līris m sg (genitive Līris); third declension

  1. A major river in Latium, Italy, now the Liri

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Līris
Genitive Līris
Dative Līrī
Accusative Līrim
Līrin
Līrem
Ablative Līrī
Vocative Līris

Descendants

  • Italian: Liri

References

  • Liris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Liris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 269