Melsus

Latin

Etymology

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The river Narcea

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.sus/, [ˈmɛɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.sus/, [ˈmɛlsus]

Proper noun

Melsus m sg (genitive Melsī); second declension

1. A river in Hispania Tarraconensis that flows into the sea through the territory of the Astures, perhaps the river Narcea

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Melsus
genitive	Melsī
dative	Melsō
accusative	Melsum
ablative	Melsō
vocative	Melse

References

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