Onchestus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀγκηστός (Onkēstós).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /onˈkʰeːs.tus/, [ɔŋˈkʰeːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /onˈkes.tus/, [oŋˈkɛst̪us]
Proper noun edit
Onchēstus m sg (genitive Onchēstī); second declension
- a town of Boeotia situated in the territory of Haliartus
- a river of Thessaly that flows into the lake Boebeis
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Onchēstus |
| Genitive | Onchēstī |
| Dative | Onchēstō |
| Accusative | Onchēstum |
| Ablative | Onchēstō |
| Vocative | Onchēste |
| Locative | Onchēstī |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “Onchestus1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Onchestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Onchestus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly