Oxus

English

Etymology

From Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos).

Proper noun

Oxus

  1. The Amu Darya river.
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 17:
      By a happy coincidence, at around this time, reports began to reach him from Central Asia that rich deposits of gold were to be found there on the banks of the River Oxus […]

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoːk.sus/, [ˈoːk.sʊs]

Proper noun

Ōxus m (genitive Ōxī); second declension

  1. the Amu Darya river

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Ōxus
Genitive Ōxī
Dative Ōxō
Accusative Ōxum
Ablative Ōxō
Vocative Ōxe
Locative Ōxī

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