Εὐφράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /⁠ʰUfrātuš⁠/), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍD<pu-rat-tu), itself from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDBuranun). Cognates include Hebrew פְּרָת (pərāṯ) and Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Εὐφρᾱ́της • (Euphrā́tēs) m (genitive Εὐφρᾱ́του); first declension

  1. Euphrates, a river in Asia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Εὐφρᾱ́της; τοῦ Εὐφρᾱ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὐφρᾱ́της
ho Euphrā́tēs
Genitive τοῦ Εὐφρᾱ́του
toû Euphrā́tou
Dative τῷ Εὐφρᾱ́τῃ
tōî Euphrā́tēi
Accusative τὸν Εὐφρᾱ́την
tòn Euphrā́tēn
Vocative Εὐφρᾶτᾰ
Euphrâtă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ευφράτης (Effrátis)
  • → Latin: Euphrātēs

References

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