Pathissus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Pathiscus

Etymology

Perhaps from Thracian-Dacian *patis (“water”); compare Sanskrit पाथस् (pāthas, “water”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈtʰis.sus/, [päˈt̪ʰɪs̠ːʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈtis.sus/, [päˈt̪isːus]
The river Tisza

Proper noun

Pathissus m sg (genitive Pathissī); second declension

  1. A river of Dacia and tributary river of the Danube, probably the Tisza

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pathissus
Genitive Pathissī
Dative Pathissō
Accusative Pathissum
Ablative Pathissō
Vocative Pathisse

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