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Latin
Etymology
From con- + vallis (“valley”).
Noun
convallis f (genitive convallis); third declension
- ravine, narrow enclosed valley
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
Descendants
References
- “convallis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “convallis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- convallis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “convallis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly