Allia

See also: allia

Latin

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey- common in many other river names, such as the Aller in Germany, Alaunus in some Celtic sites, and the Ille in Brittany. See also French aller (“to go”), German eilen (“to hasten, hurry”), Swedish ila.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.li.a/, [ˈälːʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.li.a/, [ˈälːiä]

Proper noun

Allia f sg (genitive Alliae); first declension

1. A river in Latium, famous for its battle

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Allia
genitive	Alliae
dative	Alliae
accusative	Alliam
ablative	Alliā
vocative	Allia

References

• “Allia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ferguson, Robert (1862): The River-names of Europe, p. 71