Orontes

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

(River) Ὀρόντης, -ου, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ŏrontes: is or ae (
I gen. Oronti, Verg. A. 1, 220), m., = Ὀρόντης.
I The principal river of Syria, now Nahr El-Ashy, Mel. 1, 12, 5; Plin. 5, 21, 18, § 79; Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 21.—Hence, Ŏrontēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Orontes, Orontian; poet. for Syrian: Orontea myrrha, Prop. 1, 2, 3.—
II A chief of the Lycii and companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 1, 113; 220.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Ŏrontēs,¹⁴ æ, is ou ī, m. (Ὀρόντης),
1 l’Oronte [fleuve de Syrie : Plin. 5, 79