LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

orsinus1

Meaning

  1. a kind of crocus

orsinus, i,
I. a kind of crocus, Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67.—Perh. an error in the MSS. for orinus, or oreinos; cf. Jan. ad loc.
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Orsīnus2
Orsīnus m sg (genitive Orsīnī)
Classical[ɔrˈsiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[orˈsiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. A tributary river of the Maeander

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeOrsīnus—
genitiveOrsīnī—
dativeOrsīnō—
accusativeOrsīnum—
ablativeOrsīnō—
vocativeOrsīne—

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyOrsinusOrsinus a tributary of the Maeander, flowing in a north-western direction, and discharging itself into the main river a few miles below Antioch (Plin.…

Quick answers

What does orsinus mean in Latin?
orsinus, means “a kind of crocus”.