Euphrates
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin Euphrātēs, from Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /hUfrātuš/), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDPurattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDBuranun) (compare Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš), Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)). The Elamite, Akkadian, and possibly Sumerian forms are either from an unrecorded substrate language, or from Proto-Sumerian *𒁍𒍏 burudu "copper" (Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu)) with an explanation that Euphrates was the river by which the copper ore was transported in rafts, since Mesopotamia was the center of copper metallurgy at the period.
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editProper noun
editthe Euphrates
- A river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.
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editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /hUfrātuš/), itself from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDPurattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDBuranun). See English etymology for further details.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈpʰraː.teːs/, [ɛu̯ˈpʰräːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈfra.tes/, [eu̯ˈfräːt̪es]
Proper noun
editEuphrātēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Euphrātis or Euphrātae); third declension, first declension
- The Euphrates river.
- A philosopher in the time of Pliny the Younger.
- (rare) A surname.
Declension
editThird-declension noun with a first-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Euphrātēs |
Genitive | Euphrātis Euphrātae |
Dative | Euphrātī Euphrātae |
Accusative | Euphrātem Euphrātēn |
Ablative | Euphrāte Euphrātē |
Vocative | Euphrātēs Euphrātē |
Locative | Euphrātī Euphrāte Euphrātae |
Noun
editEuphrātēs m (genitive Euphrātis); third declension
- Those who dwell on the banks of the Euphrates river.
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Euphrātēs | Euphrātēs |
Genitive | Euphrātis | Euphrātum |
Dative | Euphrātī | Euphrātibus |
Accusative | Euphrātem | Euphrātēs |
Ablative | Euphrāte | Euphrātibus |
Vocative | Euphrātēs | Euphrātēs |
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editReferences
edit- “Euphrates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Euphrates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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