Orfius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈor.fi.us/, [ˈɔrfiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.fi.us/, [ˈɔrfius]

Proper noun

Orfius m sg (genitive Orfiī or Orfī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Orfius, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orfius
Genitive	Orfiī Orfī1
Dative	Orfiō
Accusative	Orfium
Ablative	Orfiō
Vocative	Orfī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “M. O'rfius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray