Arauris
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== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Old hydronym usually separated as two elements (possibly through Celtic/Gaulish):
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, stir, move”)
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”), found in cognates such as Sanskrit वार् (vār, “water, pond”), Latin urina, Lithuanian virti (“to seethe, boil, flow”), Old Norse vari (“water”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈrau̯.rɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈraːu̯.ris]
=== Proper noun ===
Arauris f sg (genitive Arauris); third declension
a river in Gallia Narbonensis which flows into the Mediterranean Sea near Agatha, now the river Hérault
==== Declension ====
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī), singular only.
=== References ===
“Arauris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Arauris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly