Oxyrynchus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ok.syˈryn.kʰus/, [ɔks̠ʏˈrʏŋkʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ok.siˈrin.kus/, [oksiˈriŋkus]
Proper noun
[edit]Oxyrynchus f sg (genitive Oxyrynchī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Oxyrynchus |
genitive | Oxyrynchī |
dative | Oxyrynchō |
accusative | Oxyrynchum |
ablative | Oxyrynchō |
vocative | Oxyrynche |
locative | Oxyrynchī |
Descendants
[edit]- → French: Oxyrhynque
References
[edit]- “Oxyrynchus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly