Orcades
See also: Órcades
French
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orcades f pl (plural only)
- Orkney Islands (archipelago)
Related terms
Further reading
Orcades on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈor.ka.des/, [ˈɔrkäd̪ɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.ka.des/, [ˈɔrkäd̪es]
Proper noun
Orcades f pl (genitive Orcadum); third declension
- Orkney Islands (archipelago north of Britannia Major)
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Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Orcades |
Genitive | Orcadum |
Dative | Orcadibus |
Accusative | Orcadas |
Ablative | Orcadibus |
Vocative | Orcades |
Synonyms
- (Orkney Islands): Orchadia (Mediaeval Latin)
Derived terms
- Orcadēnsis (Mediaeval Latin)
Descendants
- English: Orcadian
References
- “Orcădes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Orcădes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,089/3.
- “Orcades” on page 1,265/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
Orcades insulae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
Portuguese
Proper noun
Orcades f pl
- Alternative form of Orcadas
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