Oxus

English

Etymology

From Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos). Doublet of Vakhsh.

Proper noun

Oxus

1. The Amu Darya river.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 17:

     By a happy coincidence, at around this time, reports began to reach him from Central Asia that rich deposits of gold were to be found there on the banks of the River Oxus […]

Anagrams

• UXOs

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoːk.sus/, [ˈoːks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈok.sus/, [ˈɔksus]

Proper noun

Ōxus m sg (genitive Ōxī); second declension

1. the Amu Darya river

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ōxus
Genitive	Ōxī
Dative	Ōxō
Accusative	Ōxum
Ablative	Ōxō
Vocative	Ōxe
Locative	Ōxī

References

• “Oxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Oxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.