orco
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Orcus, orcus, from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos).
Noun edit
orco m (plural orcos)
References edit
- “orco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), orcus, from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orco m (plural orchi, feminine orchessa)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Wagenvoort, Studies in Roman Literature, Culture and Religion
- ^ orco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Noun edit
orcō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Nominalization of Orco, from Latin Orcus. Doublet of ogro.
The sense of mythological creature is a semantic loan from English ork.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orco m (plural orcos)
- (poetic, literary) hell; underworld
- (fantasy, mythology) orc
- Synonym: orc
- 2007 July 7, Marcelo Rodrigues et al., “Raças Selvagens” (chapter 6.4), in Tagmar II – Livro de Criaturas[1], 2.2.0 edition, Projeto Tagmar 2, archived from the original on 2024-02-09, page 41, column 1:
- Orcos são seres de aparência humana, porém incrivelmente feios, com braços grandes, corpo peludo, rosto deformado, dentes caninos inferiores protuberantes e ligeiramente corcundas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “orco” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “orco” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “orco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “orco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “orco” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “orco” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos). Doublet of huerco.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orco m (plural orcos)
Noun edit
orco m (plural orcos, feminine orca, feminine plural orcas)
- male orca, killer whale
Further reading edit
- “orco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014