Athesis

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Atesis

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Athesis m sg (genitive Athesis); third declension

  1. A river of Venetia that flows through Verona and then into the Adriatic Sea, now the Adige.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e), singular only.

singular
nominative Athesis
genitive Athesis
dative Athesī
accusative Athesim
Athesem
ablative Athesī
Athese
vocative Athesis

The forms Athesem and Athese are attested only post-Classically.

Descendants

  • German: Etsch
  • Italian: Adige
  • Ladin: Ades
  • Portuguese: Adige, Ádige
  • Sicilian: Àtici
  • Spanish: Adigio
  • Venetan: Ádeze

References

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