Memphitis

Latin Etymology From la grc Μεμφῑ́της Memphite; of Memphis and the feminine adjective-forming suffix grc -ις -ῐς, -ῐδος. Ultimately from grc Μέμφις. Compare la Nīlōtis f, from grc Νειλῶτις, feminine of grc Νειλώτης. Pronunciation Memphītis Adjective Memphītis/Memphītid<3-def+.idis> Memphite; of Memphis; Egyptian la Ovid Ars Amatoria 3 393 Vīsite tūricremās vaccae Memphītidos ārās Visit the incense-burning altars of the Memphian heifer J. H. Mozley, G. P. Goold 1929 la Juvenal Saturae 15 122 Anne aliam terrā Memphītide siccā / invidiam facerent nōlentī surgere Nīlō? Was there some other way of making the Nile feel ashamed for refusing to rise, if the land of Memphis were parched? Susanna Morton Braund 2004 la Silius Italicus Punica 14 660 Nōn usquam clārior illōglōria pictūrae saeclō; nōn aera iuvābatascīre ex Ephyrē; fulvō certāverit aurōvestis, spīrantīs referēns subtēmine vultūs,quae radiō caelat Babylōn, vel mūrice pictōlaeta Tyros, quaeque Attalicīs variāta per artemaulaeīs scrībuntur acū aut Memphītide tēlā. Nowhere in that age was the art of the painter more splendid; Syracuse had no desire to import bronzes from Corinth; and her tapestry, wrought with ruddy gold and reproducing in the woof living likenesses of men, might rival the fabrics wrought by the shuttles of Babylon or by Tyre that prides herself on her embroidered purple; it might match the intricate patterns worked by the needle on the hangings of Attalus or the woven stuffs of Egypt. J. D. Duff 1934 la Avitus of Vienne 507 CE Poematum de Mosaicae historiae gestis 5 694 Quīn et cōnspicuus princeps Memphītidis aulae,Candentēs dūcēns nigrō rēctōre iugālēs,Īnspector clādis propriae, gentisque superstesUltimus ingressīs per currum naufragat undīs. Declension Memphītis/Memphītid<3-def+.idis> References Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis