Memphis
ὃ γὰρ βούλεται, τοῦθ' ἕκαστος καὶ οἴεται → what he wishes to be true, each person also believes to be true | what he wishes, each person also believes
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μέμφις, -ιδος, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Memphis: is and ĭdos, f., = Μεμφις,
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Memphis,¹³ is, f. (Μέμφις), capitale de l’Égypte : Liv. 45, 11 ; Plin. 5, 50 ; Mela 1, 60 ; Hor. O. 3, 26, 10 || -ītēs, æ, adj. m., de Memphis : Tib. 1, 8, 28 ; Plin. 36, 56, ou -ītĭcus, a, um, Ov. Ars 1, 77 ; Luc. 10, 6, ou -ītis, ĭdis, f., Juv. 15, 122 ; Ov. Ars 3, 193 ; Luc. 4, 136.
Latin > German (Georges)
Memphis, phidis, Akk. phim u. phin, Vok. phi, Abl. phī, f. (Μέμφις), Stadt in Mittelägypten, Residenz der ägyptischen Könige, berühmt wegen der Pyramiden u. als Verehrungsort des Stieres Apis, jetzt Dorf Menf (südlich von Kairo), Liv. 45, 11, 1 u. 45, 12, 2. Plin. 5, 50. Tac. hist. 4, 84. Hor. carm. 3, 26, 10. Prop. 3, 11, – 34. – Dav.: a) Memphītēs, ae, m. (Μεμφίτης), memphitisch, bos, Apis, Tibull.: nomos, Plin. – b) Memphīticus, a, um (Μεμφιτικός), memphitisch u. poet. = ägyptisch, sacra, Ov.: ensis, Lucan.: arcana, Apul.: vates, Hieron. epist. 53, 1. – c) Memphītis, tidis, f., memphitisch und poet. = ägyptisch, vacca, v. der Jo, Ov.: cymba, Lucan.
