Μώμεμφις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̌ː.mem.pʰis/ → /ˈmo.mem.ɸis/ → /ˈmo.mem.fis/

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

Proper noun

Μώμεμφῐς • (Mṓmemphis) f (genitive Μωμέμφεως); third declension

1. Momemphis; Menouf, Egypt

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μώμεμφῐς; τῆς Μωμέμφεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μώμεμφῐς hē Mṓmemphis
Genitive	τῆς Μωμέμφεως tês Mōmémpheōs
Dative	τῇ Μωμέμφει têi Mōmémphei
Accusative	τὴν Μώμεμφῐν tḕn Mṓmemphin
Vocative	Μώμεμφῐ Mṓmemphi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Mōmemphis

Further reading

• Μώμεμφις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette