Ὀρόντης

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[edit] Ancient Greek

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [oróntɛːs]
  • (Koine): IPA: [o̞rˈo̞nteːs]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [orˈontis]

[edit] 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

[edit] Inflection

The personal name does not take a definite article.

[edit] Descendants

[edit] References

  • Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1019
  • Периханян А.Г. (1993), Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка (Ереван: Изд-во НАН РА), on page 7
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