Μοῖρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Μῠῆρῐς (Muêris) – 3rd century BCE
  • Μοῆρῐς (Moêris) – 2nd century BCE onward
  • Μεῦρῐς (Meûris) – attested once, 228 BCE

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mr-wr (“Moeris”),



itself from mr (“canal, pool”) + wr (“great”).

Pronunciation

Originally IPA(key): /my.ɛ̂ː.ris/ or IPA(key): /mo.ɛ̂ː.ris/; through iotacism the eta subsequently became an iota by late Ptolemaic times:

 

Proper noun

Μοῖρῐς • (Moîris) f (genitive Μοίρῐδος); third declension

  1. Lake Moeris, Egypt
  2. the town of Moeris near Crocodilopolis (modern Faiyum)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Μοῖρῐς; τῆς Μοίρῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μοῖρῐς
hē Moîris
Genitive τῆς Μοίρῐδος
tês Moíridos
Dative τῇ Μοίρῐδῐ
têi Moíridi
Accusative τὴν Μοίρῐδᾰ
tḕn Moírida
Vocative Μοῖρῐς
Moîris
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: Μοίρις (Moíris)
  • → Latin: Moeris
    • → English: Moeris

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
  • Vandorpe, Katelijn (2004) “The Henet of Moeris and the Ancient Administrative Division of the Fayum in two parts” in Archiv für Papyrusforschung 50/1, p. 61-78
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