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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μώριος (Mṓrios).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mōrius m sg (genitive Mōriī or Mōrī); second declension
- A river of Boeotia, rising near Chaeronea and flowing into the river Cephisus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Morius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly