Orcus

See also: orcus

English

Proper noun

Orcus

the Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld
a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino, sometimes referred to as the 'anti-Pluto'

Translations

Translations

Esperanto: Orko (eo)
French: Orcus (fr)

Russian: Орк (ru) f (Ork)
Spanish: orco (es) m

See also

(dwarf planets of the Solar System) dwarf planets of the Solar System; Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Salacia, Varuna, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, 2007 OR10, Eris, Sedna

Anagrams

cours, scour

Latin

Etymology

Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to hold”), others to Ancient Greek ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”).[1]

Proper noun

Orcus m (genitive Orcī); second declension

Orcus (god of the underworld)
the underworld
death

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Orcus	Orcī
Genitive	Orcī	Orcōrum
Dative	Orcō	Orcīs
Accusative	Orcum	Orcōs
Ablative	Orcō	Orcīs
Vocative	Orce	Orcī

Derived terms

Orcīnus

References

Orcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Orcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Orcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Wagenvoort, Studies in Roman Literature, Culture and Religion

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