Lixus

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Latin

View of the river

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λίξος (Líxos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lixus m sg (genitive Lixī); second declension

  1. A river in Mauritania, now the Loukkos
  2. A city situated along the river

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lixus
Genitive Lixī
Dative Lixō
Accusative Lixum
Ablative Lixō
Vocative Lixe
Locative Lixī

References

  • “Lixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lixos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Lix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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