Orchomenus

English

Proper noun

Orchomenus

1. Dated form of Orchomenos.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Orchomenos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρχομενός (Orkhomenós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /orˈkʰo.me.nus/, [ɔrˈkʰɔmɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈko.me.nus/, [orˈkɔːmenus]

Proper noun

Orchomenus m sg (genitive Orchomenī); second declension

1. A city in the north of Boeotia
2. An ancient city of Arcadia
3. A city in Thessaly

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orchomenus
Genitive	Orchomenī
Dative	Orchomenō
Accusative	Orchomenum
Ablative	Orchomenō
Vocative	Orchomene
Locative	Orchomenī

Related terms

• Orchomenius

References

• “Orchomenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Orchomenus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Orchomenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.