Αἴγυπτος

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Etymology

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From Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally The temple of the ka of Ptah), referring to Ptah’s temple in the important city of Memphis.

See also the Mycenaean Greek demonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, Egyptian) (Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios)).

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Proper noun

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Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptosm or f (genitive Αἰγύπτου); second declension

  1. (masculine) the Aegyptus river, i.e. the Nile River
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.477–478:
      Αἰγύπτοιο, διιπετέος ποταμοῖο, / (...) ὕδωρ
      Aigúptoio, diipetéos potamoîo, / (...) húdōr
      to the water of the Nile, the river fallen from Zeus
  2. (masculine) King Aegyptus
    • 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 9–10:
      γάμον Αἰγύπτου παίδων ἀσεβῆ / 'ξονοταζόμεναι.
      gámon Aigúptou paídōn asebê / 'xonotazómenai.
      abhorring marriage to the sons of Aegyptus as profane
  3. (feminine) Egypt (an ancient country and region of North Africa and Western Asia)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.425–426:
      ὅς μ' ἅμα ληϊστῆρσι πολυπλάγκτοισιν ἀνῆκεν / Αἴγυπτόνδ' ἰέναι
      hós m' háma lēïstêrsi poluplánktoisin anêken / Aíguptónd' iénai
      who sent me alongside ever-wandering pirates / to go to Egypt
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.448:
      μὴ τάχα πικρὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Κύπρον ἵκηαι·
      mḕ tákha pikrḕn Aígupton kaì Kúpron híkēai;
      lest swiftly you come to bitter Egypt and Cyprus;

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