ciris

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ris/, [ˈkiːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ris/, [ˈt͡ʃiːris]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κεῖρις (keîris).

Noun

cīris f (genitive cīris); third declension

1. egret

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	cīris	cīrēs
genitive	cīris	cīrium
dative	cīrī	cīribus
accusative	cīrem	cīrēs cīrīs
ablative	cīre	cīribus
vocative	cīris	cīrēs

Etymology 2

Verb

cīris

1. second-person singular present passive indicative of ciō

References

• “ciris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ciris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ciris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old English

Noun

ċiris f

1. Alternative form of ċirse (appears in compounds)