vallis

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”), same source as Latin vāllum (“rampart”), North Frisian wal (“wall”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”). ==== Alternative forms ==== vallēs (post-classical) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwal.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈval.lis] ==== Noun ==== vallis f (genitive vallis); third declension (literal) a valley, vale (transferred sense, poetic) a hollow ===== Inflection ===== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ===== Derived terms ===== convallis vallestria vallicula Vallōnia ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwal.liːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈval.lis] ==== Noun ==== vallīs n dative/ablative plural of vallum (“wall”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwal.liːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈval.lis] ==== Noun ==== vallīs m dative/ablative plural of vallus (“stake”) === References === “vallis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vallis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.