Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρξίνης (Orxínēs).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Orxinēs m sg (genitive Orxinis); third declension

  1. A noble Persian present at the battle of Gaugamela

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Orxinēs
Genitive Orxinis
Dative Orxinī
Accusative Orxinem
Ablative Orxine
Vocative Orxinēs

References edit

  • Orxines”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray