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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠρικός (Ōrikós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ōricus m sg (genitive Ōricī); second declension
- a city and harbour of Illyricum situated at the mouth of the river Aous
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- Oricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Oricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly