Acesines

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκεσίνης (Akesínēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.keˈsiː.neːs/, [äkɛˈs̠iːneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃeˈsi.nes/, [ät͡ʃeˈs̬iːnes]

Proper noun

Acesīnēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Acesīnae or Acesīnis); first declension, third declension

1. A tributary river of the Indus, now the Chenab

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs) or third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Acesīnēs
Genitive	Acesīnae Acesīnis
Dative	Acesīnae Acesīnī
Accusative	Acesīnēn Acesīnem
Ablative	Acesīnē Acesīne
Vocative	Acesīnē Acesīnēs

Related terms

• Acesīnus

References

• “Acesines”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Acesines in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Acesines”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly