(adjective) : Aegyptĭus, a, um, , = Αἰγύπτιος
* Egyptian (the class. word for the later Aegyptiacus in Gell., Plin., and Treb.): rex,Cic. Pis. 21: acetum, a superior kind of vinegar, id. Hortens. ap. Non.: bellum,Nep. Dat. 3: litus,Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 142: mare,id. 5, 9, 10, § 54: classes,Suet. Caes. 39: vir,Vulg. Gen. 39, 1: ancilla,ib. ib. 16, 1; ib. Act. 21, 38 al.—Hence
* Subst.: Aegyptĭus, ii, m., an Egyptian: quid igitur censes? Apim illum sanctum Aegyptiorum bovem, nonne deum videri Aegyptiis?Cic. N. D. 1, 29; id. Rep. 3, 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 110; Vulg. Exod. 2, 14; ib. Act. 7. 22 al.

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