Psammetichus

English

Psammetichus II.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Psammētichus, from Ancient Greek Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammḗtikhos), itself from Egyptian (psmṯk).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈmɛ.tɪ.kəs/, /səˈmɛ.tɪ.xəs/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /səˈmɛ.tɪ.kəs/

Proper noun

Psammetichus

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several Egyptian pharaohs

Translations

name of pharaohs

• Egyptian: (psmṯk)
• French: Psammétique (fr) m
• Greek: Ψαμμήτιχος (el) (Psammítichos)
  • Ancient: Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammḗtikhos)
• Latin: Psammētichus
• Portuguese Psamético (pt) m

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammḗtikhos), itself from Egyptian (psmṯk).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /psamˈmeː.ti.kʰus/, [ps̠ämˈmeːt̪ɪkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /psamˈme.ti.kus/, [psämˈmɛːt̪ikus]

Proper noun

Psammētichus m sg (genitive Psammētichī); second declension

1. The name of three Egyptian pharaohs

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Psammētichus
Genitive	Psammētichī
Dative	Psammētichō
Accusative	Psammētichum
Ablative	Psammētichō
Vocative	Psammētiche

Descendants

• → English: Psammetichus

References

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