Oxus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos). Doublet of Vakhsh. === Proper noun === Oxus (chiefly historical) Amu Darya (a major river in Central Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === UXOs == Latin == === Alternative forms === Ōxos === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈoːk.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔk.sus] === Proper noun === Ōxus m sg (genitive Ōxī); second declension Oxus (a major river in Central Asia; now usually called the Amu Darya) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Oxus === References === “Oxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Oxus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.