Orestes
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See also: orestes
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Orestes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Heteropterygidae – several stick insects.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Phasmida - order; Verophasmatodea - suborder; Areolatae - infraorder; Bacilloidea - superfamily; Heteropterygidae - family; Dataminae - subfamily; Datamini - tribe
References
Verophasmatodea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Orestes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Orestes (Phasmida) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρέστης (Oréstēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orestes
- (Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother, avenging his father's death, and was then pursued by the Furies.
- A region of Macedonia.
- A town in Indiana.
Translations
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὀρέστης (Oréstēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orestes
Declension
| Inflection of Orestes (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Orestes | Oresteet | |
| genitive | Oresteen | Oresteiden Oresteitten | |
| partitive | Orestesta | Oresteita | |
| illative | Oresteeseen | Oresteisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Orestes | Oresteet | |
| accusative | nom. | Orestes | Oresteet |
| gen. | Oresteen | ||
| genitive | Oresteen | Oresteiden Oresteitten Orestesten rare | |
| partitive | Orestesta | Oresteita | |
| inessive | Oresteessa | Oresteissa | |
| elative | Oresteesta | Oresteista | |
| illative | Oresteeseen | Oresteisiin Oresteihin rare | |
| adessive | Oresteella | Oresteilla | |
| ablative | Oresteelta | Oresteilta | |
| allative | Oresteelle | Oresteille | |
| essive | Oresteena | Oresteina | |
| translative | Oresteeksi | Oresteiksi | |
| abessive | Oresteetta | Oresteitta | |
| instructive | — | Orestein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρέστης (Oréstēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oˈres.teːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈres.tes/,
Proper noun
Orestēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Orestis or Orestae or Orestī); third declension, first declension
- Orestes, the son of Agamemnon
Declension
| Third-declension noun or | First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only. |
References
- “Orestes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Orestes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.