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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὄνουφις (Ónouphis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Onūphis f sg (genitive Onūphis); third declension
- A town of Lower Egypt situated on the delta of the Nile
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Onuphites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Onuphis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly