Oxus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos). Doublet of Vakhsh.
Proper noun
editOxus
- The Amu Darya river.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 17:
- By a happy coincidence, at around this time, reports began to reach him from Central Asia that rich deposits of gold were to be found there on the banks of the River Oxus […]
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈoːk.sus/, [ˈoːks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈok.sus/, [ˈɔksus]
Proper noun
editŌxus m sg (genitive Ōxī); second declension
- the Amu Darya river
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Ōxus |
Genitive | Ōxī |
Dative | Ōxō |
Accusative | Ōxum |
Ablative | Ōxō |
Vocative | Ōxe |
Locative | Ōxī |
References
edit- “Oxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Oxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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