Timavus

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to flow, stream, melt), similar to Tifernus in Samnium.

Pronunciation

The river's source

Proper noun

Timāvus m sg (genitive Timāvī); second declension

  1. A river of Venetia which flows into the Adriatic Sea between Aquileia and Tergeste

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Timāvus
Genitive Timāvī
Dative Timāvō
Accusative Timāvum
Ablative Timāvō
Vocative Timāve

References

  • Timavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Timavus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.