Euphrates

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Euphrātēs, from Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /⁠hUfrātuš⁠/), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDPurattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDBuranun) (compare Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš), Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)). The Elamite, Akkadian, and possibly Sumerian forms are either from an unrecorded substrate language, or from Proto-Sumerian *𒁍𒍏 burudu "copper" (Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu)) with an explanation that Euphrates was the river by which the copper ore was transported in rafts, since Mesopotamia was the center of copper metallurgy at the period. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /juːˈfɹeɪtiːz/ Rhymes: -eɪtiz === Proper noun === the Euphrates A river in West Asia, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Mesopotamia Tigris === Anagrams === superheat == Latin == === Alternative forms === Eufrātēs === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /⁠hUfrātuš⁠/), itself from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDPurattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDBuranun). See English etymology for further details. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯ˈpʰraː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯ˈfraː.tes] === Proper noun === Euphrātēs m sg (genitive Euphrātis or Euphrātae); variously declined, third declension, first declension Euphrates (a river in West Asia) A philosopher in the time of Pliny the Younger. (rare) A surname. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun or first-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only. === Noun === Euphrātēs m (genitive Euphrātis); third declension Those who dwell on the banks of the Euphrates river. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Derived terms === === References === “Euphrates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Euphrates”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.