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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.)  
|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 00:04, 1 January 2019

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.)

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ: ἡ Месопотамия, «Междуречье» (страна между Тигром и Эвфратом) Polyb., Plut., NT.