See also: Órcades

French

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Orcades

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Orcadēs.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Orcades f pl (plural only)

  1. Orkney (archipelago)
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Latin

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Tacitus’s use of the accusative Orcadas suggests an Ancient Greek origin. The Modern Greek name is Ορκάδες (Orkádes), so the Ancient Greek name would presumably be Ὀρκάδες (Orkádes).”

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Orcades f pl (genitive Orcadum); third declension

  1. Orkney (archipelago north of Britannia Major)
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Declension

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Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.

plural
nominative Orcades
genitive Orcadum
dative Orcadibus
accusative Orcadas
ablative Orcadibus
vocative Orcades

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Descendants

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  • English: Orcadian

References

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  • Orcădes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Orcădes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,089/3.
  • Orcades” on page 1,265/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Orcades f pl

  1. Alternative form of Orcadas
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