Meaning of Memphitis | Babel Free
[mɛmˈpʰiː.tɪs]Definitions
Memphite; of Memphis; Egyptian
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Examples
“Vīsite tūricremās vaccae Memphītidos ārās 1929 translation by J. H. Mozley, G. P. Goold”
“Anne aliam terrā Memphītide siccā / invidiam facerent nōlentī surgere Nīlō?”
Was there some other way of making the Nile feel ashamed for refusing to rise, if the land of Memphis were parched?
“Nōn usquam clārior illō glōria pictūrae saeclō; nōn aera iuvābat ascīre ex Ephyrē; fulvō certāverit aurō vestis, spīrantīs referēns subtēmine vultūs, quae radiō caelat Babylōn, vel mūrice pictō laeta Tyros, quaeque Attalicīs variāta per artem”
1934 translation by J. D. Duff Nowhere in that age was the art of the painter more splendid; Syracuse had no desire to import bronzes from Corinth; and her tapestry, wrought with ruddy gold and reproducing in the woof living likenesses of men, might rival the fabrics wrought by the shuttles of Babylon or by Tyre that prides herself on her embroidered purple; it might match the intricate patterns worked by the needle on the hangings of Attalus or the woven stuffs of Egypt.
“Quīn et cōnspicuus princeps Memphītidis aulae, Candentēs dūcēns nigrō rēctōre iugālēs, Īnspector clādis propriae, gentisque superstes”
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CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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