LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

collis

collis m (genitive collis)
Classical[ˈkɔl.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔl.lis]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinea hill
    Tumor ille locī permānsit, et altī collis habet speciem.That elevation of the place remained and it has the appearance of a high hill.
    Iamque ascendēbant collem, quī plūrimus urbīAnd now they were climbing the hill, which menaces high above the city, and looks down upon the opposite defenses.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.419–420

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

parvus mōns; vīlla in colle stat.
collis -is m — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecolliscollēs
genitivecolliscollium
dativecollīcollibus
accusativecollemcollēs
collīs
ablativecolle
collī		collibus
vocativecolliscollēs

collis, is (abl. reg. colle, e. g. Ov. M. 1, 698; 14, 90; 14, 333; 14, 822; 14, 836; Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 2, 18; Sall. J. 52, 3:
I. Aventino, Liv. 1, 3, 9 et saep.; colli, Lucr. 2, 317 and 322; Auct. Aetn. 466; gen. plur. collium, Tac. Agr. 37; Lact. Opif. Dei, 10), m. cel-, root of ex-cello, celsus; cf. calamus, high ground, a hill (opp. mons and campus), Lucr. 5, 1373; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47; Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 19: altus, Ov. M. 15, 306: aperti, Verg. G. 2, 112: aprici, id. E. 9, 49: celsus, id. A. 8, 604: supini, id. G. 3, 555: inter Palatinum Capitolinumque, Liv. 1, 12, 1; cf. id. 5, 54, 3 sq.: Dianae, i.e. Aventinus, Mart. 12, 18, 3.—Poet., = mons: collis Heliconii cultor, Cat. 61, 1.—And in plur.: colles, for a chain of mountains, Sil. 3, 420.—Hence, Ital. collina; Fr. colline.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *kolnis, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“hill”), from the root *kelH- (“to rise; hill”). Cognate with Proto-West Germanic *hulli (English hill).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancoll
  • Occitancòlafrom Old Occitan col
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishcollado
  • Spanishcollada
  • Galiciancolado
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancolle
  • Galluresecoddu
Elsewhere
  • Spanishalcorfrom Andalusian Arabic قُلّ
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Old Frenchcol

Quick answers

What does collis mean in Latin?
collis, a noun, means “a hill”.
What is the genitive of collis?
The genitive singular is collis. collis is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce collis?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɔl.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔl.lis].