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

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

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	τόν 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
• Периханян А.Г. (1993), Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка (Ереван: Изд-во НАН РА), on page 7