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vallis.

a valley, vale

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwal.lɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈval.lis]

  1. a valley, vale

    declension-3 · feminine

  2. a hollow

    declension-3 · feminine · poetic
    Cur valle permutem Sabina divitias operosiores? (Hor, Odes 3, I)
Where this word comes from

Disputed. The term has been connected with Gothic walus (“staff, stick”) and Lithuanian apvalùs (“round”), themselves perhaps connected with Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). De Vaan, however, considers a derivation from such a root phonetically implausible for Latin. Alternatively, Prósper argues that a derivation from *wə́lH.ni- is tenable provided that their rendition of the palma-rule is also accepted. If a connection with this root is accepted, then the term is related to vāllum (“rampart”), North Frisian wal (“wall”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”).

noun[ˈwal.liːs]Classical-Latin[ˈval.lis]

  1. dative/ablative plural of vallum (“wall”)

    ablative · dative · form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

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noun[ˈwal.liːs]Classical-Latin[ˈval.lis]

  1. dative/ablative plural of vallus (“stake”)

    ablative · dative · form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

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