Orchomenus

English

Proper noun

Orchomenus

  1. Dated form of Orchomenos.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρχομενός (Orkhomenós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /orˈkʰo.me.nus/, [ɔrˈkʰɔ.mɛ.nʊs]

Proper noun

Orchomenus m (genitive Orchomenī); third declension

  1. A city in the north of Boeotia
  2. An ancient city of Arcadia
  3. A city in Thessaly

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Orchomenus
Genitive Orchomenī
Dative Orchomenō
Accusative Orchomenum
Ablative Orchomenō
Vocative Orchomene
  • Orchomenius

References
  • Orchomenus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Orchomenus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Orchomenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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