Orca

See also: orca and orça

Latin

Etymology

From orca (“tun; killer whale”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ka/, [ˈɔrkä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ka/, [ˈɔrkä]

Proper noun

Orca m sg (genitive Orcae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Quintus Valerius Orca, a Roman praetor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orca
Genitive	Orcae
Dative	Orcae
Accusative	Orcam
Ablative	Orcā
Vocative	Orca