"orca" meaning in Latin

See orca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɔr.ka] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɔr.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Either borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕρχη (húrkhē, “earthen fish-salting vessel”), or else both borrowed separately from a substrate Mediterranean language. The sense of whale is likely influenced by ὄρυξ (órux, “pickaxe; oryx; narwhal”); it is possible that both ὕρχη (húrkhē) and ὄρυξ (órux) were conflated when borrowed into Latin. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|ὕρχη|t=earthen fish-salting vessel}} Ancient Greek ὕρχη (húrkhē, “earthen fish-salting vessel”), {{der|la|qfa-sub}} substrate Head templates: {{la-noun|orca<1>}} orca f (genitive orcae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|orca<1>}} Forms: orcae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], orca [nominative, singular], orcae [nominative, plural], orcae [genitive, singular], orcārum [genitive, plural], orcae [dative, singular], orcīs [dative, plural], orcam [accusative, singular], orcās [accusative, plural], orcā [ablative, singular], orcīs [ablative, plural], orca [singular, vocative], orcae [plural, vocative]
  1. orc, orca (kind of whale) Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-orca-la-noun-pIEvvFxk Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 51 49
  2. butt, tun (large-bellied vessel) Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-orca-la-noun-44vQEGWd Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Cetaceans, Containers Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 8 23 9 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 13 5 78 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 51 49 Disambiguation of Cetaceans: 28 72 Disambiguation of Containers: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: urceus

Inflected forms

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    "fr:Jacques André"
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