Carambucis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈram.bu.kis/, [käˈrämbʊkɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈram.bu.t͡ʃis/, [käˈrämbut͡ʃis]
Proper noun[edit]
Carambucis m sg (genitive Carambucis); third declension
- A river of Scythia mentioned by Pliny, probably the Northern Dvina River
- 1840, Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker, Origines Germanicae: commentatio prima, Volume 1 , (page 96):
- Promontorium Lytarmim et fluvium Carambucim etiam Graeco quodam ex fonte Plinium tulisse
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Carambucis |
| Genitive | Carambucis |
| Dative | Carambucī |
| Accusative | Carambucim |
| Ablative | Carambucī |
| Vocative | Carambucis |
References[edit]
- Carambucis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lytarnis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly