Acinasis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκινάσις (Akinásis) (also found as Ἀκινάσης (Akinásēs)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈki.na.sis/, [äˈkɪnäs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.na.sis/, [äˈt͡ʃiːnäs̬is]

Proper noun

Acinasis m sg (genitive Acinasis); third declension

1. A river in Pontus, mentioned by Arrian
   • 1826, Joannes Francisus Gail, Geographi graeci minores , (page 455):

     Arrianus vero inter utrumque tres amnes numeravit, Acinasim, Bathym et Acampsim

     But Arrian counted three rivers between them both, the Acinasis, Bathys, and Acampsis

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Acinasis
genitive	Acinasis
dative	Acinasī
accusative	Acinasim Acinasem
ablative	Acinase
vocative	Acinasis

References

• “Pontus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly