Φαωφί

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Egyptian

p
n
ip t
pr

(pꜣ-n-jpt).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Φᾰωφί (Phaōphím (indeclinable)

  1. Phaophi, the second month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar, corresponding roughly to October
    • 62 CE, Recueil des inscriptions grecques du Fayoum I-III 1.100, (The date in the quote corresponds to: October 14th, 62 CE):
      ἔτους ἑνάτου [Νέρωνος] / Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ / Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, Φαῶφι δ̣ʹ
      étous henátou [Nérōnos] / Klaudíou Kaísaros Sebastoû / Germanikoû Autokrátoros, Phaôphi ḍʹ
      In the ninth year [of Nero] / Claudius Caesar Augustus / Germanicus Imperator, on the 4th of Phaopi

Descendants

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  • English: Phaophi

Further reading

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