Onchestus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀγκηστός (Onkēstós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /onˈkʰeːs.tus/, [ɔŋˈkʰeːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /onˈkes.tus/, [oŋˈkɛst̪us]
Proper noun
[edit]Onchēstus m sg (genitive Onchēstī); second declension
- a town of Boeotia situated in the territory of Haliartus
- a river of Thessaly that flows into the lake Boebeis
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Onchēstus |
| genitive | Onchēstī |
| dative | Onchēstō |
| accusative | Onchēstum |
| ablative | Onchēstō |
| vocative | Onchēste |
| locative | Onchēstī |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Onchestus1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Onchestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Onchestus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly