Athesis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Atesis

Etymology

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the river in Verona

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰe.sis/, [ˈät̪ʰɛs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.te.sis/, [ˈäːt̪es̬is]

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