Durius

See also: durius

Latin

Etymology

Latinized Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

The river between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈduː.ri.us/, [ˈduː.ri.ʊs]

Proper noun

Dūrius m sg (genitive Dūriī or Dūrī); second declension

  1. One of the chief rivers in Hispania, now Duero

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Dūrius
Genitive Dūriī
Dūrī1
Dative Dūriō
Accusative Dūrium
Ablative Dūriō
Vocative Dūrī

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

References
  • Durius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Durius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Durius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Durius in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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