Mnevis

From Latin Mnēvis, from Ancient Greek Μνεῦῐς (Mneûĭs), from Egyptian

(mr-wr).

Mnevis

1. (religion) A bull-shaped aspect of the god Atum-Ra venerated in Heliopolis.

From Μνεῦῐς (Mneûĭs), the Ancient Greek name for Egyptian

or

mr-wr (“Mnevis-bull”).^[1] The Ancient Greek form apparently came from the alternate name form mn-wr.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmneː.wɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmnɛː.vis]

Mnēvis m sg (genitive Mnēvidis); third declension

1. (religion) Mnevis, a bull-shaped aspect of the god Atum-Ra venerated in Heliopolis

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Mnevis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mnevis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.