Ephesus

== English == === Alternative forms === Ephesos === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Ephesus, from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛfɪsəs/ === Proper noun === Ephesus (historical) An ancient Greek city in Anatolia, near Selçuk in modern İzmir Province, Turkey. ==== Derived terms ==== Ephesian Ephesians ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === pushees == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.pʰɛ.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.fe.s̬us] === Proper noun === Ephesus f sg (genitive Ephesī); second declension Ephesus (an ancient Greek city in Anatolia, near Selçuk in modern İzmir Province, Turkey) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: Efes French: Éphèse Italian: Efeso Portuguese: Éfeso Romanian: Efes Spanish: Éfeso → English: Ephesus → Irish: Eifeasas → Old Irish: EphisIrish: Eiphis, Eifís (both obsolete; replaced by re-borrowed term Eifeasas) === References === “Ephesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ephesus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.