Εὐφράτας
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Persian *ʰUfrata (“good and excellent”).[1][2]
Proper noun edit
Εὐφράτας • (Euphrátas) m (genitive Εὐφράτου); third declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Euphratas
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Εὐφράτᾱς ho Euphrátās | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Εὐφράτου toû Euphrátou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Εὐφράτᾳ tôi Euphrátāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Εὐφράτᾱν tòn Euphrátān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Εὐφράτᾱ Euphrátā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*hufrata-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 221
- ^ 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
- Εὐφράτας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette