Acis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "acis"

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄκις (Ákis) or Ἆκις (Âkis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.kis/, [ˈäːkɪs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈa.kis/, [ˈäkɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃis/, [ˈäːt͡ʃis]

Proper noun

Ā̆cis m sg (genitive Ā̆cidis); third declension

1. A river on the east coast of Sicily
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.467–468, (with long Ā):

     Iamque Leontīnōs Amenānaque flūmina cursū / praeterit et rīpās, herbifer Āci, tuās.

     And now in her course she passes the people of Leontium and the streams of Amenanus, and thy banks, grassy Acis.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ā̆cis
genitive	Ā̆cidis
dative	Ā̆cidī
accusative	Ā̆cin
ablative	Ā̆cide
vocative	Ā̆ci

Descendants

• → English: Acis
• → Italian: Aci
• Sicilian: Aci

See also

• Daphnis
• Galatea
• Polyphemus
• Symaithis

 

References

• “Acis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Acis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Acis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung