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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄκηλις (Ókēlis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ocēlis f sg (genitive Ocēlis); third declension
- A port of Arabia situated a little to the north of the straits of the Red Sea
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
References
- Ocelis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Ocelis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly