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Memphis
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Memphis | Memphītes, ae | Memphītĭcus, a, um | Memphītis, ĭdis (noun F.m.f) : Μεμφις
* A city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings, now Metrahenny (fourteen miles south of Cairo), Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 9, 9, § 50; Liv. 45, 11 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 26, 10; Tac. H. 4, 84; Prop. 3, 11, 34: quae colis, et Memphin, palmiferamque Pharon,Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7.— Hence
* Adj., Memphite, of or from the city of Memphis, Egyptian: Memphiten plangere bovem,i. e. Apis,Tib. 1, 8 (7), 28 lapis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.
* Adj., Memphitic, Egyptian: templa,Ov. A. A. 1, 77: ensis,Luc. 10, 5.
* Adj., Memphite, Egyptian (poet.): terrā Memphitide,Juv. 15, 122: vacca,i. e. Io,Ov. A. A. 3, 393: cymba,Luc. 4, 136.
* A city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings, now Metrahenny (fourteen miles south of Cairo), Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 9, 9, § 50; Liv. 45, 11 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 26, 10; Tac. H. 4, 84; Prop. 3, 11, 34: quae colis, et Memphin, palmiferamque Pharon,Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7.— Hence
* Adj., Memphite, of or from the city of Memphis, Egyptian: Memphiten plangere bovem,i. e. Apis,Tib. 1, 8 (7), 28 lapis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.
* Adj., Memphitic, Egyptian: templa,Ov. A. A. 1, 77: ensis,Luc. 10, 5.
* Adj., Memphite, Egyptian (poet.): terrā Memphitide,Juv. 15, 122: vacca,i. e. Io,Ov. A. A. 3, 393: cymba,Luc. 4, 136.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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