Orodes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Orōdēs, from Ancient Greek Ὀρώδης (Orṓdēs), from Middle Iranian Worōd; see 𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 (wrwd) for more.

Proper noun

Orodes

1. (historical) any of several rulers of Parthian Empire and kings of its nearby kingdoms including Elymais, Armenia, and Hatra

Synonyms

• Hyrodes
• Worod
• Worodes
• Vorod
• Vorodes
• Urud
• Ouorodes

Related terms

• Herod

Translations

any of several kings

• Armenian: Որոդես (Orodes)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ὀρώδης m (Orṓdēs), Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs), Ὑρώδης (Hurṓdēs), Οὐορώδην (Ouorṓdēn), Οὐορωδ (Ouorōd)

• Latin: Orōdēs, Hyrōdēs
• Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭥𐭣 (wyrwd)
• Parthian: 𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 (Wērōd)
• Persian: اُرُد (fa) (orod), اورودس (orodes)

Anagrams

• doores, rodeos, roosed

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρώδης (Orṓdēs), itself from Parthian 𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 (wrwd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈroː.deːs/, [ɔˈroːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈro.des/, [oˈrɔːd̪es]

Proper noun

Orōdēs m sg (genitive Orōdis or Orōdī); third declension

1. Orodes

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orōdēs
Genitive	Orōdis Orōdī
Dative	Orōdī
Accusative	Orōdem
Ablative	Orōde
Vocative	Orōdēs

References

• “Orodes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Orodes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.