Iericho

Latin

Alternative forms

Hiericūs (Classical Latin)
Jerīchō, Hierichûs (early modern)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (Yərīḥō).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯eˈriː.kʰoː/, [i̯ɛˈriːkʰoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jeˈri.ko/, [jeˈriːko] or IPA^(key): /ˈje.ri.ko/, [ˈjɛːriko]

Proper noun

Ierīchō f (indeclinable)

Jericho

Declension

Indeclinable noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ierīchō
Genitive	Ierīchō
Dative	Ierīchō
Accusative	Ierīchō
Ablative	Ierīchō
Vocative	Ierīchō
Locative	Ierīchō

References

“Iericho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Iericho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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