Aegyptus

See also: aegyptus

English

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally The temple of the ka of Ptah).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːˈd͡ʒɪptəs/
  • Hyphenation: Ae‧gyp‧tus

Proper noun

Aegyptus

  1. A king of Egypt in Greek mythology.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, Egyptian)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally The temple of the ka of Ptah), referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis. The Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫi-ku-up-ta-aḫ /⁠ḫikuptaḫ⁠/).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aegyptus f sg (genitive Aegyptī); second declension

  1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aegyptus
Genitive Aegyptī
Dative Aegyptō
Accusative Aegyptum
Ablative Aegyptō
Vocative Aegypte

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Aegyptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aegyptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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