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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orfitus m sg (genitive Orfitī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Servius Cornelius Orfitus, a Roman consul
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Orfitus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Orfitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.