Euphrātes (in Inscr. also EVFRATES), is, m., = Εὐφράτης,
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, = Εὐφραταῖος, 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.