Acesines

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásitas

Sanskrit असित (asita)

Sanskrit असिक्नी (asiknī)bor.

Ancient Greek Ἀκεσίνης (Akesínēs)bor.

Latin Acesines

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀ̆κεσῑ́νης (Ăkesī́nēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.keˈsiː.neːs/, [äkɛˈs̠iːneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃeˈsi.nes/, [ät͡ʃeˈs̬iːnes]

Proper noun

Acesīnēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Acesīnae or Acesīnis); first declension, third declension

1. A tributary river of the Indus, now the Chenab

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs) or third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Acesīnēs
genitive	Acesīnae Acesīnis
dative	Acesīnae Acesīnī
accusative	Acesīnēn Acesīnem
ablative	Acesīnē Acesīne
vocative	Acesīnē Acesīnēs

Related terms

• Acesīnus

References

• “Acesines”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Acesines in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Acesines”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly