orcus

See also: Orcus

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.kus/, [ˈɔr.kʊs]

Noun

orcus m (genitive orcī); second declension

  1. underworld
  2. afterlife

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orcus orcī
Genitive orcī orcōrum
Dative orcō orcīs
Accusative orcum orcōs
Ablative orcō orcīs
Vocative orce orcī

Descendants

References
  • orcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the world below: inferi (Orcus and Tartarus only poetical)
  • orcus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orcus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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