Orcivius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Orchivius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /orˈki.u̯i.us/, [ɔrˈkiu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈt͡ʃi.vi.us/, [orˈt͡ʃiːvius]

Proper noun

Orcivius m sg (genitive Orciviī or Orcivī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Gaius Orcivius, a Roman praetor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orcivius
Genitive	Orciviī Orcivī1
Dative	Orciviō
Accusative	Orcivium
Ablative	Orciviō
Vocative	Orcivī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “C. Orcivius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Orchivius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.