English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Memphis, from Ancient Greek Μέμφις (Mémphis), from Egyptian mn-nfr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Memphis
- A city of ancient Egypt.
- The largest city in Tennessee, United States, and the county seat of Shelby County.
- The name of several towns or cities in the US.
- A town in Pickens County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Manatee County, Florida.
- A census-designated place in Clark County, Indiana.
- A small city in Macomb County and St. Clair County, Michigan.
- A former village in DeSoto County, Mississippi.
- A small city, the county seat of Scotland County, Missouri.
- A village in Saunders County, Nebraska.
- A hamlet in the town of Van Buren, Onondaga County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Hall County, Texas.
Derived terms
[edit]- Memphian
- Memphibian
- Memphis rap
- Memphrica (offensive)
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]city of ancient Egypt
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city in Tennessee, USA
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Μέμφις (Mémphis), from Egyptian mn-nfr.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmem.pʰis/, [ˈmɛmpʰɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmem.fis/, [ˈmɛmfis]
Proper noun
[edit]Memphis f sg (genitive Memphidos or Memphis); third declension
Declension
[edit]- Two declensional patterns are attested, but the Greek pattern was used almost exclusively postclassically.
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant, imparisyllabic non-i-stem or non-Greek-type, i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in; two different stems), with locative, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Memphis |
genitive | Memphidos Memphis |
dative | Memphidī Memphī |
accusative | Memphida Memphim Memphin |
ablative | Memphide Memphe |
vocative | Memphis Memphi1 |
locative | Memphidī Memphide Memphī Memphe |
1In poetry.
References
[edit]- “Memphis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Memphis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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