orchas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχάς (orkhás). Compare ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle; a kind of olive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈor.kʰas/, [ˈɔrkʰäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.kas/, [ˈɔrkäs]

Noun

orchas f (genitive orchadis); third declension

1. a kind of edible olive of oblong shape

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	orchas	orchadēs
Genitive	orchadis	orchadum
Dative	orchadī	orchadibus
Accusative	orchadem	orchadēs
Ablative	orchade	orchadibus
Vocative	orchas	orchadēs

References

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