Euphratés, One of the riuers that come out of Paradise, whiche passeth throughe the citie of Babylon. Also a Philosophers name.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Euphrātes (in Inscr. also EVFRATES), is, m., = *eu)fra/ths, I.A wellknown river in Syria, which rises in Armenia, and, after its junction with the Tigris, empties into the Persian Gulf, now Frat, Mel. 1, 11, 2; 3, 8, 5; Plin. 5, 24, 20, 83 sqq.; Prud. Ham. 562; Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Plin. Pan. 14; abl. Euphratē, Luc. 8, 358.—2.Meton., the dwellers on its banks, Verg. G. 1, 509.—Hence, A. Euphrā-taeus, a, um, = *eu)fratai=os, of the Euphrates, i. e. Armenian: diademata, Stat. S. 2, 2, 122.—B. Euphrātis, ĭdis, f., adj., of the Euphrates: ripa, Sid. Ep. 8, 9. —II.A philosopher in the time of the younger Pliny, Plin. Ep. 1, 10.— III.A rare Roman surname: M. IVNIVS EVFRATES, Inscr. in Bull. dell. Inst. 1844, p. 90.