Ῥαμέσσης

Ancient Greek

Ῥαμέσσης Β

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian (rꜥ-ms-sw).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥a.més.sɛːs/ → /raˈmes.sis/ → /raˈme.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥a.més.sɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /raˈmes.se̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /raˈmes.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /raˈmes.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /raˈme.sis/

Proper noun

Ῥαμέσσης • (Rhaméssēs)

1. Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ῥαμέσσης; τοῦ Ῥαμέσσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῥαμέσσης ho Rhaméssēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ῥαμέσσου toû Rhaméssou
Dative	τῷ Ῥαμέσσῃ tôi Rhaméssēi
Accusative	τὸν Ῥαμέσσην tòn Rhaméssēn
Vocative	Ῥαμέσση Rhaméssē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: Ραμέσσης (Raméssis)
• → Latin: Rhamessēs
  • → English: Ramesses, Rameses