orchas

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχάς (orkhás). Compare ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle; a kind of olive”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.kʰas] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.kas] === Noun === orchas f (genitive orchadis); third declension a kind of edible olive of oblong shape ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “orchas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “orchas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “orchas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.