Onchestus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀγκηστός (Onkēstós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔŋˈkʰeːs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oŋˈkɛs.tus] === Proper noun === Onchēstus m sg (genitive Onchēstī); second declension a town of Boeotia situated in the territory of Haliartus a river of Thessaly that flows into the lake Boebeis ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Onchēstius === References === “Onchestus1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Onchestus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Onchestus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly