- (אפתנטי)
- אַוְותֶּנְטִי(אפתנטי) m. (αὐθέντης) originator, author. Gen. R. s. 16 פרת א׳ שלוכ׳ the Euphrates is the originator (ultimate source) of the rivers (mentioned Gen. 2:10 sq.).Pl. m. אַזְזתֶּנְטִין. Ylamd. to Num. 11:16 (quot. in Ar. s. v. אמתנטין) כנגד אפת׳ של ישראלוכ׳ (corr. אוו׳) corresponding to the number of the originators of Israel, for with seventy souls Fem. אַוְותֶּנְטִיֹּות, אַוְותֶּנְטִיאֹות. Pesik. Shkal. p. 16b> אומות א׳ (seventy) original nations.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.