Oxyrynchus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔk.syˈryŋ.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ok.siˈriŋ.kus] === Proper noun === Oxyrynchus f sg (genitive Oxyrynchī); second declension A town of Lower Egypt famous for a fish that was worshipped here ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → French: Oxyrhynque === References === “Oxyrynchus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly