Silarus
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View of the river
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Illyrian, from Proto-Indo-European *sil-ₑro-, suffixed zero-grade form of *seyl-, extension of *sey- (“to be damp, drip”), related to Old Saxon sioloth (“lake”), Old Irish silid (“he flows”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsi.la.rus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.la.rus/,
Proper noun
Silarus m sg (genitive Silarī); second declension
- A river of Southern Italy forming the boundary between Campania and Lucania, now the river Sele.
- A river of Northern Italy forming the boundary between Emilia and Romagna, now the river Sillaro.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Silarus |
| Genitive | Silarī |
| Dative | Silarō |
| Accusative | Silarum |
| Ablative | Silarō |
| Vocative | Silare |
References
- “Silarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Silarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Silarus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.