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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Εὐφόρβιον (Euphórbion), from Εὔφορβος (Eúphorbos, “Euphorbus”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). The name is from Εὔφορβος (Eúphorbos, “well-fed”); εὖ (eû, “well”) + φορβή (phorbḗ, “food, fodder”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Euphorbium n sg (genitive Euphorbiī or Euphorbī); second declension
- A town of Phrygia situated on the road from Synnada to Apamea
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Euphorbium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly