Πηλούσιον

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Ancient Greek[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Egyptian pr-jmn (literally house of Amun), from pr (house, temple) + jmn (Amun). More at Pelusium.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Proper noun[edit]

Πηλούσῐον (Pēloúsionn (genitive Πηλουσῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Pelusium, Lower Egypt

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Descendants[edit]

  • French: Péluse
  • Greek: Πηλούσιο (Piloúsio)
  • Latin: Pēlūsium

References[edit]

  • Πηλούσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
  • Donne, William Bodham (1857). "Pelusium". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 2. London: John Murray. pp. 572–573.