Lixus

Latin

View of the river

Alternative forms

• Lixos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λίξος (Líxos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sus/, [ˈlʲɪks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sus/, [ˈliksus]

Proper noun

Lixus m sg (genitive Lixī); second declension

1. A river in Mauritania, now the Loukkos
2. A city situated along the river

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lixus
genitive	Lixī
dative	Lixō
accusative	Lixum
ablative	Lixō
vocative	Lixe
locative	Lixī

References

• “Lixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lixos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Lix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly