Ὀρόντης

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒀭𒌓 (Arāntu, “Orontes; site of the Battle of Qarqar”) and also in Egyptian jrnt (Arantu/Araunti, “Orontes; river flowing by Qadesh”) attested at least from the period of Ramesses II:

• The meaning of which is contested with connections to: Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒀭𒌓 (arantu, “a type of grass; fennel”), perhaps in connection to the region around the city of Ugarit, the ruins today being known as رَأْس شَمْرَة (raʔs šamra, “Headland or Cape Fennel”).
• Also connected to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒀭𒁺 (araddu, arantu, “wild ass; stubborn”), possibly related to the modern name for the river الْعَاصِي (al-ʕāṣī, “rebel, stubbornly in error, refusing to be corrected”) so-called for its flowing south to the north unlike the rest of the rivers in the region.
• Disputably from Old Median *Arvand; compare Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬝- (a^uruuaṇt̰-, “swift”).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.rón.tɛːs/ → /oˈron.tis/ → /oˈron.dis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.rón.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈron.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈron.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈron.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈron.dis/

Proper noun

Ὀρόντης • (Oróntēs) m (genitive Ὀρόντου); first declension

1. Orontes (river)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὀρόντης; τοῦ Ὀρόντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὀρόντης ho Oróntēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀρόντου toû Oróntou
Dative	τῷ Ὀρόντῃ tôi Oróntēi
Accusative	τὸν Ὀρόντην tòn Oróntēn
Vocative	Ὀρόντᾰ Orónta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ορόντης (Oróntis)
• → Latin: Orontēs

Etymology 2

From Old Median *Arēvand, from Proto-Iranian *Raivant-, *Rayivant- (“possessing wealth”); see Old Armenian Երուանդ (Eruand) for more.

Proper noun

Ὀρόντης • (Oróntēs) m (genitive Ὀρόντου); first declension

1. Orontes (name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὀρόντης; τοῦ Ὀρόντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὀρόντης ho Oróntēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀρόντου toû Oróntou
Dative	τῷ Ὀρόντῃ tôi Oróntēi
Accusative	τὸν Ὀρόντην tòn Oróntēn
Vocative	Ὀρόντᾰ Orónta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
• Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I‎^[2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 7
• Ὀρόντης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette