Oreas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈreː.as/, [ɔˈreː.as]

Noun

Orēas f (genitive Orēadis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) an oread (a mountain nymph)

Declension

Third declension. The nominative plural Orēades may have a short e, as in the Greek form.

References
  • Oreas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Oreas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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