Ombos

See also: ombos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄμβος (Ómbos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔm.bɔs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔm.bos]

Proper noun

Ombos f sg (genitive Ombī); second declension

1. A town of the Thebaid situated north of Syene

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ombos
genitive	Ombī
dative	Ombō
accusative	Ombon
ablative	Ombō
vocative	Ombe
locative	Ombī

Derived terms

• Ombītes

References

• “Ombos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ombi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly