Orfitus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.fi.tus/, [ˈɔrfɪt̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.fi.tus/, [ˈɔrfit̪us]

Proper noun edit

Orfitus m sg (genitive Orfitī); second declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Servius Cornelius Orfitus, a Roman consul

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orfitus
Genitive	Orfitī
Dative	Orfitō
Accusative	Orfitum
Ablative	Orfitō
Vocative	Orfite

References edit

“Orfitus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Orfitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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