proper noun · masculinethird declension
Moeris1
Moeris m sg or f sg (genitive Moeridis)
Classical[ˈmoe̯.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.ris]
Meaning
- femininemasculinesingularPharaoh Amenemhat III of Ancient Egypt
77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 5.50
- femininemasculinesingulara king of Palatena (a country in India)
c. 50 CE, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.8.28
- femininemasculinesingularAelius Moeris (Αἴλιος Μοῖρις, fl. C.E. 2nd century), cognominated Atticista (“the Atticist”), a Greek grammarian who compiled a Lexicon Atticum (Λέξεις Ἀττικῶν καὶ Ἑλλήνων κατὰ στοιχεῖον) of Attic forms and expressions accompanied by the Hellenistic parallels of his own time (bibliographical abbreviation: Moer.).
- femininemasculinesingularLake Moeris (named for Pharaoh Moeris, who ordered its excavation)
c. 43 CE, Pomponius Mela, De chorographia 1.9.5
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Moeris | — |
| genitive | Moeridis | — |
| dative | Moeridī Mœrī | — |
| accusative | Moeridem Mœrem | — |
| ablative | Moeride Mœre | — |
| vocative | Moeris | — |
Moeris, ĭdis, m., = Μοῖρις,
I. Mœris, a king of Egypt in the fifteenth century A. C., who caused the lake which bears his name to be excavated:
Moeridis lacus, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 50.—Hence,Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοῖρῐς (Moîrĭs).