Ὀρόντης

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Partly from Median *Arēvand, from Iranian *Raivant-, *Rayivant- (“possessing wealth”); see Old Armenian Երուանդ (Eruand) for more. And partly from Median *Arvand; compare Avestan aurvant- (“swift”). The name of the river is from the second only.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /oróntɛ͜ɛs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /orónteːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /oróntis/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /oróntis/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /oɾó̃dis/

Proper noun

Ὀρόντης (genitive Ὀρόντου) m, first declension; (Orontēs)

1. the name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings named Orontes
2. the river Orontes

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὀρόντης
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀρόντου
Dative	τῷ Ὀρόντῃ
Accusative	τὸν Ὀρόντην
Vocative	Ὀρόντη

The personal name does not take a definite article.

Descendants

• Greek: Ορόντης (Orontis)
• Latin: Orontes

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1019
• Анаит Периханян (1993), Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка (Ереван: Издадельство НАН РА), on page 7