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Euphrātes (in Inscr. also EVFRATES), is, m., = Εὐφράτης,
I. A wellknown river in Syria, which rises in Armenia, and, after its junction with the Tigris, empties into the Persian Gulf, now Frat, Mel. 1, 11, 2; 3, 8, 5; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 83 sqq.; Prud. Ham. 562; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Plin. Pan. 14; abl. Euphratē, Luc. 8, 358.—
2. Meton., the dwellers on its banks, Verg. G. 1, 509.—Hence,
A. Euphrā-taeus , a, um, = Εὐφραταῖος, of the Euphrates, i. e. Armenian: “diademata,” Stat. S. 2, 2, 122.—
B. Euphrātis , ĭdis, f., adj., of the Euphrates: “ripa,” Sid. Ep. 8, 9. —
II. A philosopher in the time of the younger Pliny, Plin. Ep. 1, 10.—‡
III. A rare Roman surname: M. IVNIVS EVFRATES, Inscr. in Bull. dell. Inst. 1844, p. 90.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.509
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.358
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.10
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.52
    • Statius, Silvae, 2.2
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