Oasis

See also: oasis, OASIS, oásis, and Ὄασις

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“Oasis, cauldron”)


Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic واحة‎ (wāḥa).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.a.sis/, [ˈɔ.a.sɪs]

Proper noun

Oasis f (genitive Oasis); third declension

  1. The Great Oasis of Thebes, a string of oases in the Libyan Desert where the Roman Empire would send its criminals, the location of the modern Dakhla Oasis and Kharga Oasis

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Oasis
Genitive Oasis
Dative Oasī
Accusative Oasem
Ablative Oase
Vocative Oasis

Derived terms
  • Oasēnus
  • Oasītēs

Descendants

References
  • Oasis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Oasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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