proper noun · masculinethird declension
Pharaō
Pharaō m (genitive Pharaōnis)
Classical[ˈpʰa.ra.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaː.ra.o]
Meaning
- Late LatinPharaoh
Dēnique Mōȳsē interpretātur sūmptus ex aquā. Invēnit eum ad rīpam flūminis expositum fīlia Pharaōnis, quem colligēns adoptāvit sibi.
Then 'Moses' is interpreted as 'taken out of water'. The daughter of the Pharaoh found him abandoned on the bank of the river and adopted him.c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 7.6.46
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pharaō | Pharaōnēs |
| genitive | Pharaōnis | Pharaōnum |
| dative | Pharaōnī | Pharaōnibus |
| accusative | Pharaōnem | Pharaōnēs |
| ablative | Pharaōne | Pharaōnibus |
| vocative | Pharaō | Pharaōnēs |
Phărăo, ōnis, m., = Φαραώ (Hebrew ),
I. Pharaoh, the title of the Egyptian kings:
Pharao nomen est non hominis, sed honoris, sicut apud nos Augusti appellantur reges, cum propriis nominibus censeantur, Isid. Orig. 7, 6; Prud. Cath. 12, 141; Vulg. Gen. 12, 15 et saep.Origins
- Egyptianpr
- Egyptianꜥꜣ
- LatinPharaō
Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣbor. Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹהbor. Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ)bor. Latin Pharao Borrowed from Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה, borrowed from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ, from pr + ꜥꜣ.
Descendants
- Catalanfaraó
- Englishpharaohfrom Old English Pharao
- EnglishPharaohfrom Old English Pharao
- Englishpharaofrom Old English Pharao
- Englishpharaonfrom Old English Pharao
- Frenchpharaon
- GermanPharao
- Italianfaraone
- Occitanfaraon
- Portuguesefaraófrom Old Galician-Portuguese faraó
In English words that came into English from Pharaō
- pharaohPharaō
- pharaonicPharaō