Oropus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠρωπός (Ōrōpós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈroː.pus/, [oːˈroːpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈro.pus/, [oˈrɔːpus]

Proper noun

Ōrōpus m sg (genitive Ōrōpī); second declension

1. a town on the borders of Attica and Boeotia, situated on a plain formed by the river Asopus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ōrōpus
Genitive	Ōrōpī
Dative	Ōrōpō
Accusative	Ōrōpum
Ablative	Ōrōpō
Vocative	Ōrōpe
Locative	Ōrōpī

References

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