Orcivius
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /orˈki.u̯i.us/, [ɔrˈkiu̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈt͡ʃi.vi.us/, [orˈt͡ʃiːvius]
Proper noun
editOrcivius m sg (genitive Orciviī or Orcivī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
- Gaius Orcivius, a Roman praetor
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Orcivius |
Genitive | Orciviī Orcivī1 |
Dative | Orciviō |
Accusative | Orcivium |
Ablative | Orciviō |
Vocative | Orcivī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- “C. Orcivius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Orchivius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.