Ὀρόντης

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

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- (auruuaṇt̰-, “swift”).

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Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὀρόντης • (Oróntēs) m (genitive Ὀρόντου); first declension

  1. Orontes (river)
Inflection
Descendants
  • Greek: Ορόντης (Oróntis)
  • → Latin: Orontēs

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Ὀρόντης • (Oróntēs) m (genitive Ὀρόντου); first declension

  1. Orontes (name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings)
Inflection

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 7
  • Ὀρόντης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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