LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Orthē

Orthē f sg (genitive Orthēs)
Classical[ˈɔr.tʰeː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔr.te]

Meaning

  1. A town of Thessaly mentioned by Homer

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeOrthē—
genitiveOrthēs—
dativeOrthae—
accusativeOrthēn—
ablativeOrthē—
vocativeOrthē—
locativeOrthēs—

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄρθη (Órthē).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyOrtheOrthe (Ὄρθη), a town of Perrhaebia in Thessaly. mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il. 2.739), was said by Strabo (ix. p.440) to have become the acropolis of Pl…

Quick answers

What does Orthē mean in Latin?
Orthē, a proper noun, means “A town of Thessaly mentioned by Homer”.
What is the genitive of Orthē?
The genitive singular is Orthēs. Orthē is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Orthē?
In classical Latin, [ˈɔr.tʰeː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔr.te].