Iericho

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hiericūs (Classical Latin)
• Jerīchō, Hierichûs (early modern)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (Yərīḥō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯eˈriː.kʰoː/, [i̯ɛˈriːkʰoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jeˈri.ko/, [jeˈriːko] or IPA^(key): /ˈje.ri.ko/, [ˈjɛːriko]

Proper noun

Ierīchō f (indeclinable)

1. Jericho

Declension

Indeclinable noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ierīchō
Genitive	Ierīchō
Dative	Ierīchō
Accusative	Ierīchō
Ablative	Ierīchō
Vocative	Ierīchō
Locative	Ierīchō

References

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