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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρβηλός (Orbēlós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orbēlus m sg (genitive Orbēlī); second declension
- A mountain situated on the borders between Macedonia and Thrace
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Orbelus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Orbelus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Orbelus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.