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Silarus.

A river of Southern Italy forming the boundary between Campania and Lucania, now the river Sele.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈsɪ.ɫa.rʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈsiː.la.rus]
  1. A river of Southern Italy forming the boundary between Campania and Lucania, now the river Sele.

    declension-2 · masculine · singular
  2. A river of Northern Italy forming the boundary between Emilia and Romagna, now the river Sillaro.

    declension-2 · masculine · singular
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Illyrian, from Proto-Indo-European *sil-ₑro-, suffixed zero-grade form of *seyl-, extension of *sey- (“to be damp, drip”), related to Old Saxon sioloth (“lake”), Old Irish silid (“he flows”).

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