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Headword: Memphis
Adler number: mu,583
Translated headword: Memphis
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proper noun; [the genitive is] *me/mfews; the dative [is] *me/mfei; and [there is] also a feminine h( *me/mfis.
Apis, an Egyptian god; Egyptians honour him with a moon. And this ox was sacred to the moon, just as Memphis [is] to the sun.[1]
Greek Original:
Memphis: onoma kurion: Mempheôs: hê dotikê Memphei: kai thêlukon hê Memphis. Apis, theos Aiguptou: touton Aiguptioi selênêi timôsi. kai hieros ên hode ho bous tês selênês, hôsper ho Memphis tou hêliou.
Notes:
cf. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Memphis (and for Memphis the city mu 584).
[1] From alpha 3201 (q.v.).
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; religion; zoology
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 18 August 2007@09:12:09.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics) on 19 August 2007@06:20:50.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 16 May 2013@04:21:14.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 12 December 2014@23:20:49.
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