noun · femininethird declension
Orēas
Orēas f (genitive Orēadis)
Classical[ɔˈreː.as]Ecclesiastical[oˈrɛː.as]
Meaning
- Greekan oread (a mountain nymph)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Orēas | Orēades |
| genitive | Orēados Orēadis | Orēadum |
| dative | Orēadī | Orēadibus |
| accusative | Orēada Orēadem | Orēadas Orēadēs |
| ablative | Orēade | Orēadibus |
| vocative | Orēas | Orēades |
Ŏrēăs, ădis, f., = Ὀρειάς,
I. a mountainnymph, Oread (poet.):
quam mille secutae Hinc atque hinc glomerantur Oreades, Verg. A. 1, 500; Ov. M. 8, 787; Calp. Ecl. 4, 136; cf. Oreos.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Orēas adis, f
, ὀρειάς, a mountain-nymph, Oread, V.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).