Clysma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κλύσμα (Klúsma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklys.ma/, [ˈklʲʏs̠mä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklis.ma/, [ˈklizmä]

Proper noun

Clysma n sg (genitive Clysmatis); third declension

1. A port city on the Red Sea, now Suez

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Clysma
genitive	Clysmatis
dative	Clysmatī
accusative	Clysma
ablative	Clysmate
vocative	Clysma
locative	Clysmatī Clysmate

References

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