Silis
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.lis]
Proper noun
Silis m sg (genitive Silis); third declension
- 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.