Φαωφί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian



(pꜣ-n-jpt).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φᾰωφί • (Phăōphí) m (indeclinable)

  1. Phaophi, the second month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar, corresponding roughly to October
    • 62 CE, Recueil des inscriptions grecques du Fayoum I-III 1.100, (The date in the quote corresponds to: October 14th, 62 CE):
      ἔτους ἑνάτου [Νέρωνος] / Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ / Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, Φαῶφι δ̣ʹ
      étous henátou [Nérōnos] / Klaudíou Kaísaros Sebastoû / Germanikoû Autokrátoros, Phaôphi ḍ’
      In the ninth year [of Nero] / Claudius Caesar Augustus / Germanicus Imperator, on the 4th of Phaopi

Descendants

  • → English: Phaophi

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