Orestis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρεστίς (Orestís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈres.tis/, [ɔˈrɛs̠t̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈres.tis/, [oˈrɛst̪is]

Proper noun

Orestis f sg (genitive Orestidis); third declension

1. An ancient district of Macedonia, in modern Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Orestis
genitive	Orestidis
dative	Orestidī
accusative	Orestidem
ablative	Orestide
vocative	Orestis

Proper noun

Orestis m

1. genitive singular of Orestēs

References

• “Orestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Orestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Orestis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly