Μέμφις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian mn-nfr,
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mém.pʰis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmɛm.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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Μέμφῐς hē Mémphis | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Μέμφῐδος tês Mémphidos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Μέμφῐδῐ têi Mémphidi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Μέμφῐδᾰ tḕn Mémphida | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μέμφῐς Mémphis | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds. | ||||||||||||
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 1017.
- Apollodorus 2,10
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