Euphorbium

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Εὐφόρβιον (Euphórbion), from Εὔφορβος (Eúphorbos, “Euphorbus”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). The name is from Εὔφορβος (Eúphorbos, “well-fed”); εὖ (eû, “well”) + φορβή (phorbḗ, “food, fodder”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯ˈpʰɔr.bi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯ˈfɔr.bi.um] === Proper noun === Euphorbium n sg (genitive Euphorbiī or Euphorbī); second declension A town of Phrygia situated on the road from Synnada to Apamea ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Euphorbēnī === References === “Euphorbium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly