Clusius

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Clesis, Clisis, Cleusis

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklu.si.us/, [ˈkɫ̪ʊs̠iʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈklu.si.us/, [ˈkluːs̬ius]
View of the river

Proper noun

Clūsius m sg (genitive Clūsiī or Clūsī); second declension

  1. A river in Gallia Transpadana that flows into the Ollius, now the Chiese

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Clūsius
Genitive Clūsiī
Clūsī1
Dative Clūsiō
Accusative Clūsium
Ablative Clūsiō
Vocative Clūsī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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