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|Text=[[Ἔφεσος]], ἡ.

[[Ephesian]], adj.: [[Ἐφέσιος]].
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|lnetxt=Ephesus Ephesi N F :: Ephesus, city in Asia Minor (w/temple of Artemis/a 7 wonder)
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|wketx=[[Ephesus]] (/ˈɛfɪsəs, ˈɛfəsəs/; Greek: [[Ἔφεσος]], romanized: Éphesos; Turkish: Efes; may ultimately derive from Hittite: 𒀀𒉺𒊭, romanized: Apaša) was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.

The city was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Among many other monumental buildings are the Library of Celsus, and a theatre capable of holding 25,000 spectators.

Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils (see Council of Ephesus). The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263, and although rebuilt, the city's importance as a commercial centre declined as the harbour was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in AD 614. The ruins of Ephesus are a favourite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy access from Adnan Menderes Airport or from the cruise ship port of Kuşadası, some 30 km to the South.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ĕphĕsus</b>: i, f., = [[Ἔφεσος]],<br /><b>I</b> an old and [[celebrated]] [[commercial]] [[city]] of [[Ionia]], [[with]] a [[temple]] to [[Diana]], [[now]] ruins [[near]] the [[village]] of Ayasaluk, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 131 sqq.; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 2; 2, 3, 75; 102; 4, 9, 124 et saep.—Derivv.,<br /><b>II</b> Ĕphĕsĭus, a, um, adj., Ephesian: [[Diana]], Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 73; id. Mil. 2, 5, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 23 fin.: [[mater]], [[born]] at [[Ephesus]], id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: [[pecunia]], deposited in the [[temple]] [[there]], Caes. B. C. 3, 33 fin.; 3, 105, 1. —Subst.: Ephesii, ōrum, m., the Ephesians, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 75; Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 105; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Ĕphĕsus</b>,¹¹ ī, f. ([[Ἔφεσος]]), Éphèse [ville d’Ionie, célèbre par son temple de Diane] : Pl. Bacch. 171 ; Plin. 5, 131 &#124;&#124; <b>-sĭus</b>, a, um, d’Éphèse : Cic. Div. 1, 47 &#124;&#124; <b>-sĭī</b>, ōrum, m., Éphésiens, habitants d’Éphèse : Cic. Tusc. 5, 105.||<b>-sĭus</b>, a, um, d’Éphèse : Cic. Div. 1, 47||<b>-sĭī</b>, ōrum, m., Éphésiens, habitants d’Éphèse : Cic. Tusc. 5, 105.
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{{Georges
|georg=Ephesus (-os), ī, f. ([[Ἔφεσος]]), eine der [[zwölf]] Ionischen Städte in Kleinasien, [[berühmt]] [[durch]] den Dianentempel u. [[später]] [[durch]] Rhetorenschulen, j. [[Dorf]] Ayasaluk (d.i. Ἅγιος Θεόλογος, [[ein]] [[Beiname]] [[des]] Apostels [[Johannes]]), Plaut. Bacch. 171. Liv. 37, 45, 2 u. 19. [[Mela]] 1. § 88. Tac. dial. 15. – Dav. [[Ephesius]], a, um (Εφέσιος), ephesisch, Cic. – Plur. subst., Ephesiī, ōrum, m., die Einw. [[von]] [[Ephesus]], die Epheser, Plin.
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