Orcius

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to Pre-Samnite 𐌖𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌉𐌄𐌉𐌔.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.ki.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.t͡ʃi.us]

Proper noun

Orcius m sg (genitive Orciī or Orcī); second declension

a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name"
- AE 1988, 884:
  C(aius) Orcius C(ai) l(ibertus) / Epaphra
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- CIL 6, 23575:
  A(ulus) Orcius A(uli) l(ibertus) Sosipater / Orcia A(uli) l(iberta) Lais / A(ulus) Orcius
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Orcius
genitive	Orciī Orcī¹
dative	Orciō
accusative	Orcium
ablative	Orciō
vocative	Orcī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

Orcia

References

Olli Salomies (2012) “The Nomina of the Samnites. A Checklist”, in Arctos – Acta Philologica Fennica‎^[1] (in Pre-Samnite), volume 46, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 137–185