Timavus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow, stream, melt”), similar to Tifernus in Samnium.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tiˈmaː.u̯us/, [t̪ɪˈmäːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tiˈma.vus/, [t̪iˈmäːvus]
Proper noun
[edit]Timāvus m sg (genitive Timāvī); second declension
- A river of Venetia which flows into the Adriatic Sea between Aquileia and Tergeste
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Timāvus |
| genitive | Timāvī |
| dative | Timāvō |
| accusative | Timāvum |
| ablative | Timāvō |
| vocative | Timāve |
References
[edit]- Timavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Timavus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.