Oreus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠρεός (Ōreós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈoː.re.us/, [ˈoːreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.re.us/, [ˈɔːreus]
Proper noun
[edit]Ōreus f sg (genitive Ōreī); second declension
- A city of Euboea situated upon the river Callas at the foot of Mount Telethrius
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ōreus |
| genitive | Ōreī |
| dative | Ōreō |
| accusative | Ōreum |
| ablative | Ōreō |
| vocative | Ōree |
| locative | Ōreī |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Oreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Oreum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Oreus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly