Oxyrynchus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ok.syˈryn.kʰus/, [ɔks̠ʏˈrʏŋkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ok.siˈrin.kus/, [oksiˈriŋkus]

Proper noun

Oxyrynchus f sg (genitive Oxyrynchī); second declension

1. A town of Lower Egypt famous for a fish that was worshipped here

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Oxyrynchus
Genitive	Oxyrynchī
Dative	Oxyrynchō
Accusative	Oxyrynchum
Ablative	Oxyrynchō
Vocative	Oxyrynche
Locative	Oxyrynchī

Descendants

• → French: Oxyrhynque

References

• “Oxyrynchus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly