Amasis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμασις (Ámasis), itself from Egyptian
iaHmss
(jꜥḥ-ms).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amāsis m sg (genitive Amāsis); third declension

  1. The name of two kings of Egypt

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Amāsis
Genitive Amāsis
Dative Amāsī
Accusative Amāsem
Ablative Amāse
Vocative Amāsis

References

  • Amasis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Amasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.