Euphrātis

Meaning

1. rareOf the Euphrates river.
   Ipse hic Parthicus Arsaces precatur, aulae Susidis ut tenere culmen possit foedere sub stipendiali. Nam quod partibus arma Bosphoranis grandi hinc surgere sentit apparatu, maestam Persida iam sonum ad duelli ripa Euphratide vix putat tuendam; qui cognata licet sibi astra fingens Phoebea tumeat propinquitate, mortalem hic tamen implet obsecrando.1965 translation by W. B. Anderson Here even the Parthian Arsaces prays that he may be enabled to keep the towering palace of Susa under covenant of tribute; for perceiving that an armament with a vast muster of warlike might is surging up from here to take the side of Constantinople, he thinks that Persia, depressed at the very sound of war, can scarcely be defended by the Euphrates’ bank; and although he feigns himself related to the stars, and vaunts his kinship with Phoebus the Sun, here in Bordeaux he plays a mortal’s part by making supplication.c. 489 CE, Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistolae
   Sed mihi non auro, non est Euphratide gemmac. 1519, Helius Eobanus Hessus, Hodoeporicon

Declension

Origins

From Euphrātēs (Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs)) and the Greek feminine adjective ending -ῐς, -ῐδος (-ĭs, -ĭdos). Compare Nīlōtis f, from Νειλῶτις (Neilôtis), feminine of Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs).