Orcades

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See also: Órcades

French

Orcades

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Orcadēs.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Orcades f pl (plural only)

  1. Orkney (archipelago)

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Latin

Etymology

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Particularly: “Tacitus’s use of the accusative Orcadas suggests an Ancient Greek origin. The Modern Greek name is Ορκάδες (Orkádes), so the Ancient Greek name would presumably be Ὀρκάδες (Orkádes).”

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Orcades f pl (genitive Orcadum); third declension

  1. Orkney (archipelago north of Britannia Major)
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Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.

plural
nominative Orcades
genitive Orcadum
dative Orcadibus
accusative Orcadas
ablative Orcadibus
vocative Orcades

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Descendants

  • English: Orcadian

References

  • Orcădes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Orcădes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,089/3.
  • Orcades” on page 1,265/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Orcades f pl

  1. Alternative form of Orcadas