Ordesus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ordēssus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρδησσός (Ordēssós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /orˈdeː.sus/, [ɔrˈd̪eːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈde.sus/, [orˈd̪ɛːs̬us]

Proper noun

Ordēsus m sg (genitive Ordēsī); second declension

1. A port of Sarmatia on the Black Sea

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ordēsus
Genitive	Ordēsī
Dative	Ordēsō
Accusative	Ordēsum
Ablative	Ordēsō
Vocative	Ordēse
Locative	Ordēsī

References

• Ordesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ordesus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly