Μοῖρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μῠῆρῐς (Muêris) — 3rd century BCE
• Μοῆρῐς (Moêris) — 2nd century BCE onward
• Μεῦρῐς (Meûris) — attested once, 228 BCE

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mr-wr (“Moeris”),

itself from mr (“canal, pool”) + wr (“great”).

Pronunciation

Originally IPA^(key): /my.ɛ̂ː.ris/ or IPA^(key): /mo.ɛ̂ː.ris/; through iotacism the eta subsequently became an iota by late Ptolemaic times:

 

• IPA^(key): /môi̯.ris/ → /ˈmy.ris/ → /ˈmi.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /môi̯.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ris/

Proper noun

Μοῖρῐς • (Moîris) f (genitive Μοίρῐδος); third declension

1. Lake Moeris, Egypt
2. the town of Moeris near Crocodilopolis (modern Faiyum)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μοῖρῐς; τῆς Μοίρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μοῖρῐς hē Moîris
Genitive	τῆς Μοίρῐδος tês Moíridos
Dative	τῇ Μοίρῐδῐ têi Moíridi
Accusative	τὴν Μοίρῐδᾰ tḕn Moírida
Vocative	Μοῖρῐς Moîris
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.

Descendants

• Greek: Μοίρις (Moíris)
• → Latin: Moeris
  • → English: Moeris

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
• Vandorpe, Katelijn (2004) “The Henet of Moeris and the Ancient Administrative Division of the Fayum in two parts” in Archiv für Papyrusforschung 50/1, p. 61-78