Oronteus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /o.ronˈteː.us/, [ɔrɔn̪ˈt̪eːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.ronˈte.us/, [oron̪ˈt̪ɛːus]
Adjective
[edit]Orontēus (feminine Orontēa, neuter Orontēum); first/second-declension adjective
- Orontian
- (metonymically, poetic) Syrian
- 30 BCE – 16 BCE, Propertius, Elegies 1.2.3:
- aut quid Orontea crines perfundere murra
- Why with Orontes' myrrh thy locks imbue?
- aut quid Orontea crines perfundere murra
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Orontēus | Orontēa | Orontēum | Orontēī | Orontēae | Orontēa | |
Genitive | Orontēī | Orontēae | Orontēī | Orontēōrum | Orontēārum | Orontēōrum | |
Dative | Orontēō | Orontēō | Orontēīs | ||||
Accusative | Orontēum | Orontēam | Orontēum | Orontēōs | Orontēās | Orontēa | |
Ablative | Orontēō | Orontēā | Orontēō | Orontēīs | |||
Vocative | Orontēe | Orontēa | Orontēum | Orontēī | Orontēae | Orontēa |
References
[edit]- “Oronteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Oronteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- White, John T. (1877) A Complete Latin-English and English-Latin Dictionary[1], Boston, page 431