Εὐφράτας

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Persian *ʰUfrata (good and excellent).[1][2]

Proper noun edit

Εὐφράτας (Euphrátasm (genitive Εὐφράτου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Euphratas

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: Ευφράτας (Effrátas)
  • Latin: Euphratas

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*hufrata-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 221
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 204

Further reading edit