Rocinante a standalone word as well as a suffix. One meaning is "before" or "previously". Another is "in front of". As a suffix, "-ante" in Spanish is adverbial; "rocinante" refers to functioning as, or being, a "rocín". "Rocinante", then, follows Cervantes' pattern using ambiguous, multivalent words, which is common throughout the novel. Rocinante's name, then, signifies his change in status from the "old nag" of before to the "foremost" steed. As Cervantes describes Don Quixote's choice of name: "nombre a su parecer alto, sonoro y significativo de lo que había sido cuando fue rocín, antes de lo que ahora era, que
Orko (character) Orko (character) Orko is a fictional character from the Masters of the Universe franchise. He was not part of the original toy collection on which the show is based, but when he was created by the show's writers as a comic relief, a toy figure of him was then manufactured. Orko appears in the 1980s Filmation series "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" and in the 2002 remake of the series. The character was named "Gorpo" in the early original series drafts, but he was renamed Orko (his original name was used in the Brazilian Portuguese-language dub of the