orchesta

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ὀρχηστής (orkhēstḗs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

orchēsta m (genitive orchēstae); first declension

  1. A dancer, a pantomime

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orchēsta orchēstae
Genitive orchēstae orchēstārum
Dative orchēstae orchēstīs
Accusative orchēstam orchēstās
Ablative orchēstā orchēstīs
Vocative orchēsta orchēstae

References[edit]

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