Orontes

From Latin Orontēs, from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs), from Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒀭𒌓 (Arāntu, “Orontes; site of the Battle of Qarqar”) and also in Egyptian jrnt (“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- (a^uruuaṇt̰-, “swift”).

Doublet of Alvand and Arvand. More at Orontes.

• IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɹɒntiːz/
• Hyphenation: Oron‧tes

the Orontes

1. A river in West Asia, about 400 km (250 mi) long,^[1] flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.

   Synonym: Asi

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

Orontes

1. The name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings.

• Orontid

• Oreston, enroots, snooter, tooners

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs).

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der Orontes m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Orontes)

1. Orontes (a river in Lebanon, Syria and Turkey)

• orontisch

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔˈrɔn.teːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈrɔn.tes]

Orontēs m sg (genitive Orontae); first declension

1. the Orontes
   • c. 100 CE – c. 130 CE, Juvenalis, Saturae 1.3
2. a male given name

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

• Orontēus

• “Orontes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Orontes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly