Εὐφράτης
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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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.pʰrǎː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈpʰra.te̝s/
- (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
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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- 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 with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN