Blemyes

Latin

Alternative forms

• Blemmyae
• Blemmyes

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βλέμυες (Blémues).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈble.my.eːs/, [ˈbɫ̪ɛmyeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈble.mi.es/, [ˈblɛːmies]

Proper noun

Blemyēs m pl (genitive Blemyum); third declension

1. A tribe of Ethiopia

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Blemyēs
Genitive	Blemyum
Dative	Blemyibus
Accusative	Blemyēs
Ablative	Blemyibus
Vocative	Blemyēs

References

• “Blemmyae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Blemyes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Blemyes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly