Oronteus

Latin

Etymology

Orontēs +‎ -ēus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.rɔnˈteː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.ronˈtɛː.us]

Adjective

Orontēus (feminine Orontēa, neuter Orontēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Orontian
2. (metonymic, poetic) Syrian
   • 30 BCE – 16 BCE, Propertius, Elegies 1.2.3:

     aut quid Orontea crines perfundere murra

     Why with Orontes' myrrh thy locks imbue?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Orontēus	Orontēa	Orontēum		Orontēī	Orontēae	Orontēa
genitive	Orontēī	Orontēae	Orontēī		Orontēōrum	Orontēārum	Orontēōrum
dative	Orontēō	Orontēae	Orontēō		Orontēīs
accusative	Orontēum	Orontēam	Orontēum		Orontēōs	Orontēās	Orontēa
ablative	Orontēō	Orontēā	Orontēō		Orontēīs
vocative	Orontēe	Orontēa	Orontēum		Orontēī	Orontēae	Orontēa

References

• “Oronteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Oronteus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• White, John T. (1877), A Complete Latin-English and English-Latin Dictionary‎, Boston, page 431.