Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρεστίς (Orestís).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Orestis f sg (genitive Orestidis); third declension

  1. An ancient district of Macedonia, in modern Greece

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Orestis
Genitive Orestidis
Dative Orestidī
Accusative Orestidem
Ablative Orestide
Vocative Orestis

Proper noun edit

Orestis m

  1. genitive singular of Orestēs

References edit

  • Orestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Orestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Orestis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly