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Oricos

Oricos · f

a seaport town of Illyria Grœca

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What it meant

ōrĭcos — Lewis & Short

ōrĭcos or ōrĭcus, i, f., or ōrĭcum, i, n., = *)wriko/s and *)wriko/n,

I a seaport town of Illyria Grœca, now Ericho, Caes. B. C. 3, 8 sq.; Liv. 24, 40; Mel. 2, 3, 12; Prop. 1, 8, 20; Luc. 3, 187.—Hence,
A ōrĭcīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Oricum, the Oricians: Oricinorum fines, Liv. 26, 25.—
B ōrĭcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Oricum, Orician: Oricia terebinthus, Verg. A. 10, 136.

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Where it came from

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