Amasis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμασις (Ámasis), itself from Egyptian
(jꜥḥ-ms).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amāsis m sg (genitive Amāsis); third declension

  1. The name of two kings of Egypt

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

singular
nominative Amāsis
genitive Amāsis
dative Amāsī
accusative Amāsem
ablative Amāse
vocative Amāsis

References

  • “Amasis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Amasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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