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Memphis

Memphis · f

a city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings

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Where it lives

Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Pharsalia 7 · 1.37/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 5 · 0.67/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
Argonautica 2 · 0.54/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Memphis — Lewis & Short

Memphis, is and ĭdos, f., = *memfis,

I a city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings, now Metrahenny (fourteen miles south of Cairo), Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 9, 9, § 50; Liv. 45, 11 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 26, 10; Tac. H. 4, 84; Prop. 3, 11, 34: quae colis, et Memphin, palmiferamque Pharon, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7.— Hence,

A Memphītes, ae, m. adj., Memphite, of or from the city of Memphis, Egyptian: Memphiten plangere bovem, i. e. Apis, Tib. 1, 8 (7), 28 lapis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.—

B Memphītĭcus, a, um, adj., Memphitic, Egyptian: templa, Ov. A. A. 1, 77: ensis, Luc. 10, 5.—

C Memphītis, ĭdis, f. adj., Memphite, Egyptian (poet.): terrā Memphitide, Juv. 15, 122: vacca, i. e. Io, Ov. A. A. 3, 393: cymba, Luc. 4, 136.

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