Orestis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρεστίς (Orestís).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Orestis f sg (genitive Orestidis); third declension

  1. An ancient district of Macedonia, in modern Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Orestis
Genitive Orestidis
Dative Orestidī
Accusative Orestidem
Ablative Orestide
Vocative Orestis

Proper noun

Orestis m

  1. genitive singular of Orestēs

References

  • “Orestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Orestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Orestis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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