Orca

See also: orca and orça

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From orca (“tun; killer whale”).

Pronunciation edit

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

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

Proper noun edit

Orca m sg (genitive Orcae); first declension

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

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

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