Ephesus

From Latin Ephesus, from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛfɪsəs/

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Ephesus

1. An ancient city in Anatolia, near Selcuk in modern Turkey.

• Ephesian
• Ephesians

• pushees

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pʰe.sus/, [ˈɛpʰɛs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.fe.sus/, [ˈɛːfes̬us]

Ephesus f sg (genitive Ephesī); second declension

1. Ephesus (an ancient city in Anatolia, in modern Turkey)

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Catalan: Efes
• French: Éphèse
• Italian: Efeso
• Portuguese: Éfeso
• Romanian: Efes
• Spanish: Éfeso

• “Ephesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ephesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.