orchesta

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Latin

Alternative forms

orchēstēs

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρχηστής (orkhēstḗs).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /orˈkʰeːs.ta/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈkes.ta/,

Noun

orchēsta m (genitive orchēstae); first declension

A dancer, a pantomime

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	orchēsta	orchēstae
Genitive	orchēstae	orchēstārum
Dative	orchēstae	orchēstīs
Accusative	orchēstam	orchēstās
Ablative	orchēstā	orchēstīs
Vocative	orchēsta	orchēstae

References

“orchesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
orchesta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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