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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λίσσος (Líssos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lissus f sg (genitive Lissī); second declension
- A city of Illyricum, now Lezhë or Alessio
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Lissus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Lissus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.