Μέμφις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian

(mn-nfr, “Memphis”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mém.pʰis/ → /ˈmem.ɸis/ → /ˈmem.fis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mém.pʰis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmem.pʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmem.ɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmem.fis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmem.fis/

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

• Greek: Μέμφις (Mémfis), Μέμφιδα (Mémfida)
• → Latin: Memphis
  • → English: Memphis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • memphis idem, page 524.
• Apollodorus 2,10