Orcades
See also: Órcades
French
Orcades
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʁ.kad/
Further reading
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.ka.des/, [ˈɔr.ka.dɛs]
Proper noun
Orcades f pl (genitive Orcadum); third declension
- Orkney Islands (archipelago north of Britannia Major)
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Declension
Third declension, Greek type.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Orcades |
| Genitive | Orcadum |
| Dative | Orcadibus |
| Accusative | Orcadas |
| Ablative | Orcadibus |
| Vocative | Orcades |
Synonyms
- (Orkney Islands): Orchadia (Mediaeval Latin)
Derived terms
- Orcadēnsis (Mediaeval Latin)
Descendants
- English: Orcadian
References
- Orcădes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Orcădes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,089/3
- “Orcades” on page 1,265/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Portuguese
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