Μέμφις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian
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(mn-nfr, “Memphis”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mém.pʰis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmem.pʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmem.ɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmem.fis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmem.fis/
Proper noun
Μέμφῐς • (Mémphis) f (genitive Μέμφῐδος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Μέμφῐς hē Mémphis | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Μέμφῐδος tês Mémphidos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Μέμφῐδῐ têi Mémphidi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Μέμφῐδᾰ tḕn Mémphida | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μέμφῐς Mémphis | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μεμφῐ́τῐον (Memphítion)
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- memphis idem, page 524.
- Apollodorus 2,10