Erochus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρωχος (Érōkhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈroː.kʰus/, [ɛˈroːkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.kus/, [eˈrɔːkus]

Proper noun

Erōchus m sg (genitive Erōchī); second declension

1. a town of Phocis, destroyed by the army of Xerxes

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Erōchus
Genitive	Erōchī
Dative	Erōchō
Accusative	Erōchum
Ablative	Erōchō
Vocative	Erōche
Locative	Erōchī

References

• “Erochus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly