Orcus

See also: orcus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːrkəs/

Proper noun

Orcus

2. (Roman mythology) The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld.

   Coordinate terms: Hades, Pluto

4. (astronomy) A large trans-Neptunian object and plutino, sometimes referred to as the “anti-Pluto”.

   Hypernym: plutino

Translations

Translations

• Esperanto: Orko (eo)
• French: Orcus (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: Орк (ru) f (Ork)
• Spanish: orco (es) m

See also

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna

Further reading

• Orcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 90482 Orcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cours, scour

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Latin

Etymology

Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to hold, shut in”), others to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”).

Proper noun

Orcus m (genitive Orcī); second declension

1. Orcus (god of the underworld)
2. the underworld
3. death

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Orcus	Orcī
Genitive	Orcī	Orcōrum
Dative	Orcō	Orcīs
Accusative	Orcum	Orcōs
Ablative	Orcō	Orcīs
Vocative	Orce	Orcī

Derived terms

• Orcīnus

References

• “Orcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Orcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Orcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.