glis

See also: Glis

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (weasel, mouse), related to Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, weasel).

Pronunciation

Noun

glīs m (genitive glīris); third declension

  1. dormouse

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative glīs glīrēs
genitive glīris glīrium
dative glīrī glīribus
accusative glīrem glīrēs
ablative glīre glīribus
vocative glīs glīrēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: liró
  • Corsican: ghjira
  • English: loir
  • French: loir
  • Friulian: glîr

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (to stick; to spread, to smear)[1]. See also Latin glūten and glutus.

Pronunciation

Noun

glis f (genitive glitis); third declension

  1. (mineralogy) A tenacious kind of earth

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative glis glitēs
genitive glitis glitium
dative glitī glitibus
accusative glitem glitēs
ablative glite glitibus
vocative glis glitēs

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “glei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 362-363
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