Orcius

== Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps related to Pre-Samnite 𐌖𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌉𐌄𐌉𐌔 (urufieis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.ki.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.t͡ʃi.us] === Proper noun === Orcius m sg (genitive Orciī or Orcī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== === References === Olli Salomies (2012), “The Nomina of the Samnites. A Checklist”, in Arctos – Acta Philologica Fennica‎[1] (in Pre-Samnite), volume 46, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 137–185