Ocnus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄκνος (Óknos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ocnus m sg (genitive Ocnī); second declension

  1. (Roman mythology) The mythical founder of Mantua and ally of Aeneas

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Ocnus
genitive Ocnī
dative Ocnō
accusative Ocnum
ablative Ocnō
vocative Ocne

References

  • Ocnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Ocnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press