Oronteus
Latin
Etymology
Orontēs + -ēus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.ronˈteː.us/, [ɔ.rɔn̪ˈt̪eː.ʊs]
Adjective
Orontēus (feminine Orontēa, neuter Orontēum); first/second-declension adjective
- Orontian
- (metonymically, poetic) Syrian
- Propertius, Elegies 1.2.3:
- aut quid Orontea crines perfundere murra
- Why with Orontes' myrrh thy locks imbue?
- aut quid Orontea crines perfundere murra
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Orontēus | Orontēa | Orontēum | Orontēī | Orontēae | Orontēa | |
| Genitive | Orontēī | Orontēae | Orontēī | Orontēōrum | Orontēārum | Orontēōrum | |
| Dative | Orontēō | Orontēō | Orontēīs | ||||
| Accusative | Orontēum | Orontēam | Orontēum | Orontēōs | Orontēās | Orontēa | |
| Ablative | Orontēō | Orontēā | Orontēō | Orontēīs | |||
| Vocative | Orontēe | Orontēa | Orontēum | Orontēī | Orontēae | Orontēa | |
References
- Oronteus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Oronteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- White, John T. (1877) A Complete Latin-English and English-Latin Dictionary, Boston, page 431