Memphis

Memphis

English

Etymology

From Latin Memphis, Ancient Greek Μέμφις (Mémphis), from Egyptian mn-nfr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmemfɪs/

Proper noun

Memphis

1. A city of ancient Egypt.
2. The largest city in the state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County.
3. The name of several towns or cities in the US.
   1. a small city in Missouri, and the county seat of Scotland County.
   2. a city in Texas, and the county seat of Hall County.

Related terms

• Memphitic, Memphitical

Translations

city of ancient Egypt

Arabic: منف‎ (manf), ممفيس‎ (memfis), منفر‎ (manfar) Armenian: Մեմփիս (Mempʿis) Egyptian: (mn-nfr) French: Memphis (fr) German: Memphis Greek: Ancient: Μέμφις (Mémphis)

Italian: Menfi Latin: Memphis f Old Church Slavonic: Мемфь (Memfĭ) Russian: Ме́мфис (ru) m (Mɛ́mfis) Spanish: Menfis

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μέμφις (Mémphis), from Egyptian mn-nfr.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmem.pʰis/, [ˈmɛm.pʰɪs]

Proper noun

Memphis f (genitive Memphis or Memphidos); third declension

1. Memphis (ancient city in Egypt)

Declension

Two declensional patterns are attested, but the Greek pattern was used almost exclusively postclassically.

Third declension, Greek type, with locative. Case Singular Nominative Memphis Genitive Memphidos Dative Memphidī Accusative Memphida Ablative Memphide Vocative Memphis Locative Memphide

Third declension, with locative. Case Singular Nominative Memphis Genitive Memphis Dative Memphī Accusative Memphim Memphin Ablative Memphe Vocative Memphis Locative Memphe

References

• Memphis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Memphis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette