Dubris

Latin

Etymology

From Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.bris/, [ˈd̪ʊbrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.bris/, [ˈd̪uːbris]

Proper noun

Dubris m sg (genitive Dubris); third declension

1. A town in Britannia, now Dover
2. Dover (the capital city of Delaware)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Dubris
genitive	Dubris
dative	Dubrī
accusative	Dubrem
ablative	Dubre
vocative	Dubris
locative	Dubrī Dubre

References

• Dubris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Dubris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly