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Athesis

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Latin

Alternative forms

Atesis

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.tʰɛ.sɪs]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.te.s̬is]

Proper noun

Athesis m sg (genitive Athesis); third declension

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.

More information singular, nominative ...

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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