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|strgr=from [[μέσος]] and [[ποταμός]]; [[Mesopotamia]] (as [[lying]] [[between]] the [[Euphrates]] and the [[Tigris]]; [[compare]] אֲרַם נַהֲרַ֫יִם), a [[region]] of [[Asia]]: [[Mesopotamia]]. | |strgr=from [[μέσος]] and [[ποταμός]]; [[Mesopotamia]] (as [[lying]] [[between]] the [[Euphrates]] and the [[Tigris]]; [[compare]] אֲרַם נַהֲרַ֫יִם), a [[region]] of [[Asia]]: [[Mesopotamia]]. | ||
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|txtha=Μεσοποταμίας, ἡ ([[feminine]] of [[μεσοποτάμιος]], [[Μεσοποταμία]], μεσοποταμιον, [[namely]], [[χώρα]]; from [[μέσος]] and [[ποταμός]]), [[Mesopotamia]], the [[name]], [[not]] so [[much]] [[political]] as geographical ([[scarcely]] in [[use]] [[before]] the [[time]] of [[Alexander]] the Great), of a [[region]] in [[Asia]], [[lying]] [[between]] the rivers [[Euphrates]] and [[Tigris]] ([[whence]] it took its [[name]]; cf. Arrian. anab. Alex. 7,7; Tar. ann. 6,37; נַהֲרַיִם אֲרַם, Aram of the [[two]] rivers, Josephus, Antiquities 12,3, 4): [[Herodotus]], vol. i. Essay ix.) | |||
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Revision as of 18:07, 28 August 2017
French (Bailly abrégé)
v. μεσοποτάμιος.
English (Strong)
from μέσος and ποταμός; Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris; compare אֲרַם נַהֲרַ֫יִם), a region of Asia: Mesopotamia.
English (Thayer)
Μεσοποταμίας, ἡ (feminine of μεσοποτάμιος, Μεσοποταμία, μεσοποταμιον, namely, χώρα; from μέσος and ποταμός), Mesopotamia, the name, not so much political as geographical (scarcely in use before the time of Alexander the Great), of a region in Asia, lying between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris (whence it took its name; cf. Arrian. anab. Alex. 7,7; Tar. ann. 6,37; נַהֲרַיִם אֲרַם, Aram of the two rivers, Josephus, Antiquities 12,3, 4): Herodotus, vol. i. Essay ix.)
