Odessus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Odēssus f sg (genitive Odēssī); second declension

  1. A city of Moesia situated on the Black Sea, now Varna

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Odēssus
genitive Odēssī
dative Odēssō
accusative Odēssum
ablative Odēssō
vocative Odēsse
locative Odēssī

References

  • Odessos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Odessos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Odessus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly