Erochus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρωχος (Érōkhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈroː.kʰus/, [ɛˈroːkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.kus/, [eˈrɔːkus]

Proper noun

Erōchus m sg (genitive Erōchī); second declension

1. a town of Phocis, destroyed by the army of Xerxes

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Erōchus
genitive	Erōchī
dative	Erōchō
accusative	Erōchum
ablative	Erōchō
vocative	Erōche
locative	Erōchī

References

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