Aciris
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄκιρις (Ákiris).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.kɪ.rɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.t͡ʃi.ris]
Proper noun
Aciris m sg (genitive Aciris); third declension
- a river in Lucania that flows into the Ionian Sea near the city of Heraclea, now the river Agri
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.97.6:
- similiter est inter Sirim et Acirim Heraclea, aliquando Siris vocitata.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- similiter est inter Sirim et Acirim Heraclea, aliquando Siris vocitata.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aciris |
| genitive | Aciris |
| dative | Acirī |
| accusative | Acirim |
| ablative | Acirī |
| vocative | Aciris |