Εὐφράτας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *ʰUfrata (“good and excellent”)[1][2].
Proper noun
Εὐφράτας • (Euphrátas) m (genitive Εὐφράτου); third declension
- A male given name from Old Persian: Euphratas
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Εὐφράτᾱς; τοῦ Εὐφράτου (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Εὐφράτᾱς ho Euphrátās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Εὐφράτου toû Euphrátou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Εὐφράτᾳ tôi Euphrátāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Εὐφράτᾱν tòn Euphrátān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εὐφράτᾱ Euphrátā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εὐφράτας (Eὐfrátas)
- → Latin: Euphratas
Further reading
- Εὐφράτας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
References
- Hinz, Walther (1975) , “*hufrata-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 221
- Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 204