Arsanias

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρσανίας (Arsanías). Compare Old Armenian Արածանի (Aracani).

View of the river

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈsa.ni.aːs/, [ärˈs̠äniäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈsa.ni.as/, [ärˈsäːniäs]

Proper noun

Arsaniās m sg (genitive Arsaniae); first declension

1. A river of Greater Armenia, now the Murat river

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Arsaniās
Genitive	Arsaniae
Dative	Arsaniae
Accusative	Arsaniān
Ablative	Arsaniā
Vocative	Arsaniā

References

• Arsanias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arsanias”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly