English

Proper noun

Collis

1. A patronymic surname​.

Catalan

Verb

collis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of collar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‎(“hill”), from the root *kelH-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hulliz (English hill).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.lis/

Noun

collis m ‎(genitive collis); third declension

1. a hill

Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Derived terms

• collīnus
• colliculus

Descendants

• Dutch: col
• Italian: colle
• Portuguese: cole
• Sardinian: codhu
• Spanish: collado

References

• collis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• collis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “collis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
    
  • a hill lies to the north: est a septentrionibus collis