Oroetes

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ὀροίτης (Oroítēs)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈroe̯.teːs/, [ɔˈroe̯t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈre.tes/, [oˈrɛːt̪es]

Proper noun

Oroetēs m sg (genitive Oroetae); first declension

1. Oroetes, satrap of Lydia

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Oroetēs
genitive	Oroetae
dative	Oroetae
accusative	Oroetēn
ablative	Oroetē
vocative	Oroetē

Descendants

• English: Oroetes
• French: Orétès
• Italian: Orete

References

• “Oroetes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Oroetes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Oroetes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.