Arsanias

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρσανίας (Arsanías). Compare Old Armenian Արածանի (Aracani).

View of the river

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈsa.ni.aːs/, [ärˈs̠äniäːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈsa.ni.as/, [ärˈsäːniäs]

Proper noun

Arsaniās m sg (genitive Arsaniae); first declension

  1. A river of Greater Armenia, now the Murat river

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Arsaniās
Genitive Arsaniae
Dative Arsaniae
Accusative Arsaniān
Ablative Arsaniā
Vocative Arsaniā

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