Ephesos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos).

Ephesos

1. Alternative form of Ephesus.
   • 1930 February 16, “A VAST HALL OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE; […]”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 November 2025:

     Under the rule of Rome the grandeur of Pergamon continued for a time, but in the reign of Constantine, Ephesos became the metropolis of Asia Minor, and the power of Pergamon waned as swiftly as it had risen.

   • 1987, Judith Herrin, “The Churches in the Sixth Century: The Council of 553”, in The Formation of Christendom, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, part I (Late Antiquity), page 101:

     Had he lived to attend the Third Oecumenical Council held in Ephesos in 431, he would have experienced the deep divisions then prevalent in the East.

   • 2014 October 21, Victoria Woollaston, “Roman gladiators ate a vegetarian diet - and washed it down with a 'sports drink' of plant ashes and vinegar”, in Daily Mail‎^[2], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 October 2014:

     The cemetery was initially uncovered in 1933, in the Roman city of Ephesos, now in modern-day Turkey. At the time, Ephesos was the capital of the Roman province of Asia and had over 200,000 inhabitants.