Μέμφις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mn-nfr,



Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μέμφῐς • (Mémphis) f (genitive Μέμφῐδος); third declension

  1. Memphis, mythological founder of the city of Memphis
  2. Memphis, an ancient city of Egypt

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Μέμφῐς; τῆς Μέμφῐδος (Attic)
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.
  • Apollodorus 2,10
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