Orontes

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Orontēs, from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs), 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”).

Doublet of Alvand and Arvand. More at Orontes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɹɒntiːz/
• Hyphenation: Oron‧tes

Proper noun

View of the Orontes in Hama, Syria

the Orontes

1. A river in Western Asia, about 400 km (250 mi) long, flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.

Synonyms

• Asi

Derived terms

• Orontian

Translations

river in Western Asia

• Arabic: الْعَاصِي m (al-ʕāṣī)
• Armenian: Որոնտես (Orontes)
• Azerbaijani: Asi
• Finnish: Orontes
• French: Oronte (fr) m, Assi (fr) m
• German: Orontes (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ὀρόντης m (Oróntēs)

• Italian: Oronte m
• Latin: Orontēs m
• Persian: عاصی (fa) ('âsi)
• Polish: Orontes (pl) m
• Russian: Оро́нт (ru) m (Orónt)
• Turkish: Asi

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Orontes

1. The name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings.

Derived terms

• Orontid

Translations

the name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings

• Armenian: Երվանդ (Ervand)

  Old Armenian: Երուանդ (Eruand)

• Greek:

  Ancient: Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs)

• Latin: Orontēs
• Persian: اروند (fa) (arvand)
• Russian: Ерванд (Jervand)

Anagrams

• Oreston, enroots, snooter, tooners

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

der Orontes m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Orontes)

1. Orontes (a river in Lebanon, Syria and Turkey)

Derived terms

• orontisch

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs).

View of the river

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈron.teːs/, [ɔˈrɔn̪t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈron.tes/, [oˈrɔn̪t̪es]

Proper noun

Orontēs m sg (genitive Orontae); first declension

1. the Orontes
   • c. 100 CE – c. 130 CE, Juvenal, Satires 1.3
2. a male given name

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Orontēs
Genitive	Orontae
Dative	Orontae
Accusative	Orontēn
Ablative	Orontē
Vocative	Orontē

Derived terms

• Orontēus

References

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