Εὐφράτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (ufrātu), from Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-tu-iš). Cognates include Hebrew פְּרָת (pərāṯ), Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍD<Pu-rat-tu) and Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (Buranon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.pʰrǎː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eʍˈpʰra.tes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸˈɸra.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /efˈfra.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /efˈfra.tis/
Proper noun
Εὐφρᾱ́της • (Euphrā́tēs) m (genitive Εὐφρᾱ́του); first declension
- Euphrates, a river in Asia
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Εὐφρᾱ́της ho Euphrā́tēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Εὐφρᾱ́του toû Euphrā́tou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Εὐφρᾱ́τῃ tôi Euphrā́tēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Εὐφρᾱ́την tòn Euphrā́tēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὐφρᾶτᾰ Euphrâta | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ευφράτης (Effrátis)
- → Latin: Euphrātēs
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2166 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
- Nestle, Eberhard; Aland, Kurt; et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
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