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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρθωσία (Orthōsía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orthōsia f sg (genitive Orthōsiae); first declension
- A town in Phoenicia near the river Eleutherus and contiguous to the town of Zimyra
- A town of Caria on the left bank of the Maeander
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- Orthosia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Orthosia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly