Ephesian

English

Etymology

From Ephesus +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈfiːʒən/
• Rhymes: -iːʒən

Adjective

Ephesian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to, Ephesus.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Ephesus

• Bulgarian: ефески (efeski)
• Czech: efezský
• Finnish: efesolainen (fi)
• Greek: Εφέσιος (el) m (Efésios)

  Ancient Greek: Ἐφέσιος m (Ephésios)

• Irish: Eifeasach
• Italian: efesino
• Latin: ephesius
• Macedonian: ефески (efeski)
• Polish: efeski (pl)
• Portuguese: efésio
• Russian: эфе́сский (ru) (efésskij)
• Spanish: efesio
• Ukrainian: ефеський (efesʹkyj)

Noun

Ephesian (plural Ephesians)

1. Someone from Ephesus.
2. (obsolete) A jolly companion; a roisterer.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], line 16:

     It is thine host, thine / Ephesian, calls.

Derived terms

• Ephesians

Translations

someone from Ephesus

• Finnish: efesolainen (fi)
• German: Epheser (de) m
• Irish: Eifeasach m
• Italian: efesino m
• Portuguese: efésio m
• Spanish: efesio m