Orchistene
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρχιστηνή (Orkhistēnḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔr.kʰɪsˈteː.neː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [or.kisˈt̪ɛː.ne]
Proper noun
Orchistēnē f sg (genitive Orchistēnēs); first declension
- Orchistene (ancient province of Armenia)
- (New Latin) Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenophone region in the Caucasus)
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Orchistēnē |
| genitive | Orchistēnēs |
| dative | Orchistēnae |
| accusative | Orchistēnēn |
| ablative | Orchistēnē |
| vocative | Orchistēnē |
References
- “Orchistene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Orchistene”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.