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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀνησίκριτος (Onēsíkritos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Onēsicritus m sg (genitive Onēsicritī); second declension
- A Greek historian who accompanied Alexander the Great in his campaigns in Asia
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Onesicritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Onesicritus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray