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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oxyrynchus f sg (genitive Oxyrynchī); second declension
- A town of Lower Egypt famous for a fish that was worshipped here
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Oxyrynchus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly