Balissus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βαλίσσος (Balíssos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.sus/, [bäˈlʲɪs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈlis.sus/, [bäˈlisːus]

Proper noun

Balissus m sg (genitive Balissī); second declension

1. A river of Osroene flowing through Carrhae and then into the Euphrates, now the Balikh River

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Balissus
genitive	Balissī
dative	Balissō
accusative	Balissum
ablative	Balissō
vocative	Balisse

References

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