orcus
See also: Orcus
Latin
Etymology
See Orcus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.kus/, [ˈɔrkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.kus/, [ˈɔrkus]
Noun
orcus m (genitive orcī); second declension
- underworld
- afterlife
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | orcus | orcī |
| Genitive | orcī | orcōrum |
| Dative | orcō | orcīs |
| Accusative | orcum | orcōs |
| Ablative | orcō | orcīs |
| Vocative | orce | orcī |
Descendants
See also descendants at Orcus.
- → Middle French: orque (“hell”)
- → Spanish: orco (“hell”)
References
- orcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the world below: inferi (Orcus and Tartarus only poetical)
- the world below: inferi (Orcus and Tartarus only poetical)
- “orcus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “orcus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray