Osroene

See also: Osroëne

English

Osroene southwest of Armenia.

Alternative forms

• Osrhoene
• Osrohene
• Osroëne

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀσροηνή (Osroēnḗ). Compare Ὀσρόης (Osróēs) (probably a form of Χοσρόης (Khosróēs), from Iranian; see خسرو, Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ (ʾŌrhāy).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːni

Proper noun

Osroene

2. (historical) An ancient Syriac kingdom, Roman province and historical region in northwestern Mesopotamia in modern Turkey and Syria, which enjoyed semi-autonomy to complete independence from the years of 132 B.C.E. to 244 C.E..

Derived terms

• Osroenian

Translations

ancient kingdom

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܘܪܗܝ

• Armenian: Օսրոյենե (Ōsroyene)
• Dutch: Osroene
• French: Osroène (fr)
• German: Osrhoene
• Polish: Osroene (pl) n
• Portuguese: Osroene f
• Romanian: Osroene (ro)
• Spanish: Osroene
• Turkish: Osroene

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀσροηνή (Osroēnḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /os.roˈeː.neː/, [ɔs̠roˈeːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.roˈe.ne/, [osroˈɛːne]

Proper noun

Osroēnē f sg (genitive Osroēnēs); first declension

1. (historical) Osroene (An ancient Syriac kingdom, Roman province and historical region in northwestern Mesopotamia in modern Turkey and Syria, which enjoyed semi-autonomy to complete independence from the years of 132 B.C.E. to 244 C.E.)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Osroēnē
genitive	Osroēnēs
dative	Osroēnae
accusative	Osroēnēn
ablative	Osroēnē
vocative	Osroēnē

References

• Osroene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀσροηνή (Osroēnḗ).

Proper noun

Osroene f

1. (historical) Osroene (An ancient Syriac kingdom, Roman province and historical region in northwestern Mesopotamia in modern Turkey and Syria, which enjoyed semi-autonomy to complete independence from the years of 132 B.C.E. to 244 C.E.)