Iericho

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jerīchō

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯eˈriː.kʰoː/, [i̯ɛˈriːkʰoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jeˈri.ko/, [jeˈriːko]

Proper noun

Ierīchō f (indeclinable)

1. Jericho

References

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