Euphorbium

See also: euphorbium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐφόρβιον (Euphórbion), from Εὔφορβος (Eúphorbos, “Euphorbus”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). The name is from Εὔφορβος (Eúphorbos, “well-fed”); εὖ (eû, “well”) + φορβή (phorbḗ, “food, fodder”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈpʰor.bi.um/, [ɛu̯ˈpʰɔrbiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈfor.bi.um/, [eu̯ˈfɔrbium]

Proper noun

Euphorbium n sg (genitive Euphorbiī or Euphorbī); second declension

1. A town of Phrygia situated on the road from Synnada to Apamea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Euphorbium
Genitive	Euphorbiī Euphorbī1
Dative	Euphorbiō
Accusative	Euphorbium
Ablative	Euphorbiō
Vocative	Euphorbium
Locative	Euphorbiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Euphorbēnī

References

• “Euphorbium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly