Ἀμένωφις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian (jmn-m-jpt), in some cases eventually also conflated with a borrowing from (jmn-ḥtp).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mé.nɔː.pʰis/ → /aˈme.no.ɸis/ → /aˈme.no.fis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mé.nɔː.pʰis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈme.no.pʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈme.no.ɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈme.no.fis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈme.no.fis/

Proper noun

Ἀμένωφις • (Aménōphis)

1. An Egyptian given name notably applied to several pharaohs of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 16th to 13th century BC.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀμένωφῐς; τοῦ Ἀμενώφῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμένωφῐς ho Aménōphis
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμενώφῐος toû Amenṓphios
Dative	τῷ Ἀμενώφῑ tôi Amenṓphī
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμένωφῐν tòn Aménōphin
Vocative	Ἀμένωφῐ Aménōphi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αμένωφις (Aménofis)
• → Latin: Amenōphis
  • → English: Amenophis
  • → Portuguese: Amenófis

References

• “Amenophis” at Trismegistos (TM Nam 8042)
• “Amenothes” at Trismegistos (TM Nam 36)