orificium

Latin

Etymology

From os (“mouth”) and facio (“I make”).

Noun

ōrificium n (genitive ōrificiī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) opening, orifice

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ōrificium	ōrificia
genitive	ōrificiī	ōrificiōrum
dative	ōrificiō	ōrificiīs
accusative	ōrificium	ōrificia
ablative	ōrificiō	ōrificiīs
vocative	ōrificium	ōrificia

References

• orificium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• orificium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• orificium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette