Orfitus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈor.fi.tus/, [ˈɔrfɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.fi.tus/, [ˈɔrfit̪us]

Proper noun

Orfitus m sg (genitive Orfitī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Servius Cornelius Orfitus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orfitus
Genitive	Orfitī
Dative	Orfitō
Accusative	Orfitum
Ablative	Orfitō
Vocative	Orfite

References

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