Ὀρόντης

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Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒀭𒌓 (Arāntu, Orontes; site of the Battle of Qarqar) and also in Egyptian jrnt (Arantu/Araunti, Orontes; river flowing by Qadesh) attested at least from the period of Ramesses II:

  • The meaning of which is contested with connections to: Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒀭𒌓 (arantu, a type of grass; fennel), perhaps in connection to the region around the city of Ugarit, the ruins today being known as رَأْس شَمْرَة (raʔs šamra, Headland or Cape Fennel).
  • Also connected to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒀭𒁺 (araddu, arantu, wild ass; stubborn), possibly related to the modern name for the river الْعَاصِي (al-ʕāṣī, rebel, stubbornly in error, refusing to be corrected) so-called for its flowing south to the north unlike the rest of the rivers in the region.
  • Disputably from Old Persian *Arvantah; compare Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬝- (auruuaṇt̰-, swift).

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Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὀρόντης (Oróntēsm (genitive Ὀρόντου); first declension

  1. Orontes (river)
Inflection
Descendants
  • Greek: Ορόντης (Oróntis)
  • Latin: Orontēs

Etymology 2

From Old Median *Arēvand, from Proto-Iranian *Raivant-, *Rayivant- (possessing wealth); see Old Armenian Երուանդ (Eruand) for more.

Proper noun

Ὀρόντης (Oróntēsm (genitive Ὀρόντου); first declension

  1. Orontes (name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings)
Inflection

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 7
  • Ὀρόντης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette