Silis

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See also: silis, siliš, sílíš, and šílíš

Latin

Etymology

Along with the river Silarus, from a zero-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *seil-, extension of *sei- (“to be damp, drip”), related to Old Saxon sioloth (“lake”), Old Irish silid (“he flows”).

The river near Treviso

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Silis m sg (genitive Silis); third declension

  1. A river of Venetia that flows into the Adriatic Sea near Altinum, now the Sile

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

singular
nominative Silis
genitive Silis
dative Silī
accusative Silem
ablative Sile
vocative Silis

References

  • “Silis”, 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.
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