Oreas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈreː.as/, [ɔˈreːäs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈre.as/, [oˈrɛːäs]

Noun

Orēas f (genitive Orēadis); third declension

(Greek mythology) an oread (a mountain nymph)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Orēas	Orēades Orēadēs
Genitive	Orēados Orēadis	Orēadum
Dative	Orēadī	Orēadibus
Accusative	Orēada Orēadem	Orēadas Orēadēs
Ablative	Orēade	Orēadibus
Vocative	Orēas	Orēades Orēadēs

References

“Oreas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Oreas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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