Moeris

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mœris

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoe̯.ris/, [ˈmoe̯rɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ris/, [ˈmɛːris]

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek Μοῖρῐς (Moîris)

Proper noun

Moeris m sg or f sg (genitive Moeridis); third declension

1. (masculine) Pharaoh Amenemhat III of Ancient Egypt
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.50
2. (masculine) a king of Palatena (a country in India)
   • c. 1 CE – 100 CE, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.8.28
3. (masculine) Aelius Moeris (Αἴλιος Μοῖρις, fl. C.E. 2nd century), cognominated Atticista (“the Atticist”), a Greek grammarian who compiled a Lexicon Atticum (Λέξεις Ἀττικῶν καὶ Ἑλλήνων κατὰ στοιχεῖον) of Attic forms and expressions accompanied by the Hellenistic parallels of his own time (bibliographical abbreviation: Moer.).
4. (feminine) Lake Moeris (named for Pharaoh Moeris, who ordered its excavation)

   Synonym: Moeridis lacus

   • c. 43 CE, Pomponius Mela, A Description of the World 1.9.5

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Moeris
Genitive	Moeridis
Dative	Moeridī
Accusative	Moeridem
Ablative	Moeride
Vocative	Moeris

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Moeris m sg (genitive Moeris); third declension

1. the name of a shepherd
   • Virg., B. 8.97

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Moeris
Genitive	Moeris
Dative	Moerī
Accusative	Moerem
Ablative	Moere
Vocative	Moeris

Further reading

• 1 Mœrĭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 988/1.: “1 Mœrĭs, ĭdis, m., ¶ 1 nom d’un roi d’Egypte : Plin. 5, 50 ¶ 2 roi de la Palatène, contrée de l’Inde : Curt. 9, 8, 28.”
• 2 Mœris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 988/1.: “2 Mœris, ĭdis, f., lac Mœris [que fit creuser près de Memphis le roi d’Egypte Mœris] : Mel. 1, 9, 5 ; [appelé aussi] Mœridis lacus Plin. 5, 50.”
• 3 Mœris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 988/1.: “3 Mœris, is, m., nom de berger  Virg. B. 8, 97.”