Oreas

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Orēas f (genitive Orēadis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) an oread (a mountain nymph)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Orēas Orēades
Orēadēs
Genitive Orēados
Orēadis 		Orēadum
Dative Orēadī Orēadibus
Accusative Orēada
Orēadem 		Orēadas
Orēadēs
Ablative Orēade Orēadibus
Vocative Orēas Orēades
Orēadēs

References[edit]

  • “Oreas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Oreas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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