LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininesecond declension

Aegyptus1

Aegyptus f sg (genitive Aegyptī)
Classical[ae̯ˈɡyp.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈd͡ʒip.tus]

Meaning

  1. femininehistoricalsingularAncient Egypt (a civilization that existed in the valley of the Nile River from c. 3150 BCE to 30 BCE)
  2. femininehistoricalsingularRoman Egypt (a province of the Roman Empire in North Africa; capital: Alexandrēa)
  3. New LatinfemininesingularEgypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia; in full, Respublica Arabica Aegypti; capital: Cāirus)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeAegyptus—
genitiveAegyptī—
dativeAegyptō—
accusativeAegyptum—
ablativeAegyptō—
vocativeAegypte—

Aegyptus, i, f., = Αἴγυπτος,
I. Egypt, sometimes reckoned by the ancients as belonging to Asia: Asiae prima pars Aegyptus, Mel. 1, 9: proxima Africae incolitur Aegyptus, etc., Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48; Cic. Agr. 2, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 106; Vulg. Gen. 12, 10; ib. Matt. 2, 13.
Aegyptus, i, m., acc. to the fable,
I. a king of Egypt, son of Belus (acc. to others, of Neptune), and brother of Danaüs. He had fifty sons, to whom the fifty daughters of Danaüs were espoused, Hyg. Fab. 168.

Origins

From Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis. The Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫi-ku-up-ta-aḫ /⁠ḫikuptaḫ⁠/).

Elsewhere
  • CatalanEgipte
  • ItalianEgitto
  • OccitanEgipte
  • PortugueseEgitofrom Old Galician-Portuguese Egipto
  • SpanishEgiptofrom Old Spanish Egipto
  • AragoneseEchipto
  • AsturianExiptu
  • CorsicanEgittu
  • CorsicanEghjittu
  • FriulianEgjit
Middle High German
  • GermanÄgypten
  • Alemannic GermanÄgypten
  • BavarianEgyptn
  • BavarianÄgyptn
  • BavarianÄgypten
  • LuxembourgishEgypten
  • PlautdietschÄjipten

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyAegyptusAegyptus (ἡ Αἴγυπτος: Eth. Αἰγύπτιος, Eth. Aegyptius). I. Names and boundaries of Egypt. Egypt, properly so called, is that portion of the valley of t…Biography & mythologyAegyptusAegyptus (Αἴγυπτος), a son of Belus and Anchinoe or Achiroe, and twin-brother of Danaus. (Apollod. ii. 50.4; Tzetz. ad Lycophr. 382, 1155.) Euripides …
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
aegyptus2
aegyptus (feminine aegypta, neuter aegyptum)
Classical[ae̯ˈɡyp.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈd͡ʒip.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveEgyptian, of or pertaining to the Egyptian people.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaegyptusaegyptaaegyptum
genitiveaegyptīaegyptaeaegyptī
dativeaegyptōaegyptaeaegyptō
accusativeaegyptumaegyptamaegyptum
ablativeaegyptōaegyptāaegyptō
vocativeaegypteaegyptaaegyptum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeaegyptīaegyptaeaegypta
genitiveaegyptōrumaegyptārumaegyptōrum
dativeaegyptīsaegyptīsaegyptīs
accusativeaegyptōsaegyptāsaegypta
ablativeaegyptīsaegyptīsaegyptīs
vocativeaegyptīaegyptaeaegypta

Quick answers

What does Aegyptus mean in Latin?
Aegyptus, a proper noun, means “Ancient Egypt (a civilization that existed in the valley of the Nile River from c. 3150 BCE to 30 BCE); Roman Egypt (a province of the Roman Empire in North Africa; capital: Alexandrēa)”.
What is the genitive of Aegyptus?
The genitive singular is Aegyptī. Aegyptus is feminine, second declension.
How do you pronounce Aegyptus?
In classical Latin, [ae̯ˈɡyp.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈd͡ʒip.tus].