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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Βούσιρις (Boúsiris), from Egyptian pr-wsjr (literally “house of Osiris”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Būsīris f sg (genitive Būsīris or Būsīridis); third declension
- A town of Lower Egypt situated south of Sais and birthplace of Osiris
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems), with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
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References
- Busiris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Busiris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly