Cheops
See also: CHEOPS
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cheops
- a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
pharaoh
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰe.ops/, [ˈkʰeɔps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈke.ops/, [ˈkɛːops]
Proper noun edit
Cheops m (genitive Cheopis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Cheops |
Genitive | Cheopis |
Dative | Cheopī |
Accusative | Cheopem |
Ablative | Cheope |
Vocative | Cheops |