Ὀρόντης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Partly from Median *Arēvand, from Proto-Iranian *Raivant-, *Rayivant- (“possessing wealth”); see Old Armenian Երուանդ (Eruand) for more. And partly from Median *Arvand; compare Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬝-‎ (auruuaṇt̰-, “swift”). The name of the river is from the second only.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.rón.tɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈron.tes/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈron.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈron.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈron.dis/

Proper noun

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

the name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings named Orontes
the river Orontes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὀρόντης; τοῦ Ὀρόντου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὀρόντης ho Oróntēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀρόντου toû Oróntou
Dative	τῷ Ὀρόντῃ tôi Oróntēi
Accusative	τὸν Ὀρόντην tòn Oróntēn
Vocative	Ὀρόντᾰ Orónta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Ορόντης (Oróntis)
Latin: Orontēs

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ 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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