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Meaning of Moeris | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈmoe̯.rɪs]

Definitions

  1. Pharaoh Amenemhat III of Ancient Egypt
  2. the name of a shepherd
  3. a king of Palatena (a country in India)
  4. 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.).
  5. Lake Moeris (named for Pharaoh Moeris, who ordered its excavation)

Examples

“77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 5.50”
“c. 41 CE, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.8.28”
“c. 43 CE, Pomponius Mela, A Description of the World 1.9.5”
“Virg., B. 8.97”

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