Clanis

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Glanis

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *klān- (“liquid, wet ground”). See also English lant.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Clanis m sg (genitive Clanis); third declension

  1. A river of Etruria flowing through the territory of Clusium, now called Chiani.

Declension

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

singular
nominative Clanis
genitive Clanis
dative Clanī
accusative Clanem
ablative Clane
vocative Clanis

Descendants

  • Italian: Chiana

References

  • “Clanis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Clanis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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