Alpis

Latin

Etymology

See Alpes

Proper noun

Alpis f (genitive Alpis); third declension

  1. Alps (usually plural)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative Alpis Alpēs
genitive Alpis Alpium
dative Alpī Alpibus
accusative Alpem Alpēs
Alpīs
ablative Alpe Alpibus
vocative Alpis Alpēs

References

  • “Alpis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Alpis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Etymology

Latin Alpis

Proper noun

Alpis ?

  1. the Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Æt þǣm ende, hit beliċġað ðā beorgas, þe man hǣt Alpis: þā onginnað westane fram þǣm Wendelsǣ, in Narbonense þǣre ðēode and endiað eft ēast in Dalmatia þǣm lande, æt þǣm sǣ.
      At the end extend the mountains known as the Alps; they begin in the west of the Mediterranean, in Gallia Narbonensis, and end at the eastern sea in the land of Dalmatia.
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