Dubis

See also: dubis and dubiš

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.bis/, [ˈd̪uːbɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.bis/, [ˈd̪uːbis]

The river's gorges

Proper noun

Dūbis m sg (genitive Dūbis); third declension

1. A river that flows in France and Switzerland, the Doubs

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dūbis
Genitive	Dūbis
Dative	Dūbī
Accusative	Dūbim Dūbem
Ablative	Dūbī Dūbe
Vocative	Dūbis

Descendants

• French: Doubs

References

• Dubis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.