Orgus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ɡus/, [ˈɔrɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ɡus/, [ˈɔrɡus]

The river's course

Proper noun

Orgus m sg (genitive Orgī); second declension

1. A river in Cisalpine Gaul, now the Orco

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Orgus
genitive	Orgī
dative	Orgō
accusative	Orgum
ablative	Orgō
vocative	Orge

References

• “Orgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Orgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.