Oricum

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠρικόν (Ōrikón).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ōricum n sg (genitive Ōricī); second declension

  1. A town in Epirus, now Pashaliman (a town in Albania)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Descendants

  • English: Oricum
  • Italian: Orico
  • Albanian: Orikum

References

  • Oricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Oricum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.