Selleis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Σελλήεις (Sellḗeis).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sellēīs or Selleis m sg (genitive Sellēentos or Sellēentis or Sellentis); third declension

  1. A river of Elis mentioned by Homer
  2. A river of Sicyonia mentioned by Strabo
    • 1695, Dominicus Aebinga, De oraculo Dodonaeo... , (page 5):
      Circa illud Templum erat fluvius Selleentos nomine expressus et significatus.
    • 1701, Christoph Cellarius, Notitia orbis antiqui - Volume 1 , (page 1182):
      Strabo dicit pag. 233 inter Cyllenen et Chelonatam promontorium exire Peneum et Selleenta fluuios
    • 1823, E. F. Poppo, Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo page 177], ([https://books.google.com/books?id=NSZ_R9llVVkC&pg=PA177):
      non item quum Peneum et Sellentem inter Chelonatam et Alpheum conlocavit
    • 1825, Josephus Iscanus, Dictys Cretensis et Dares Phrygius de bello Trojano , (page 158):
      Urbs Troadis circa Abydum, ad fluvium Sellentem.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type or non-Greek-type; two different stems), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sellēīs
Selle͡is
Genitive Sellēentos
Sellēentis
Sellentis
Dative Sellēentī
Sellentī
Accusative Sellēenta
Sellēentem
Sellentem
Ablative Sellēente
Sellente
Vocative Sellēīs
Selle͡is

References

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