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aegyptius

Dictionary entries

Aegyptius, Aegyptia, Aegyptium:
Adjective · 1st declension
Frequency:
Common
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Geography:
Egypt
Egyptian; of/connected with Egypt;
Entry →
nom. sg. (m.)
Aegyptius, Aegyptii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
Frequency:
Common
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Geography:
Egypt
Egyptian, inhabitant of Egypt; Egyptian sage/prophet;
Entry →
nom. sg.

Examples

Satura I

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE

"...triumphales, inter quas ausus habere nescio quis titulos Aegyptius atque Arabarches, cuius ad effigiem non tantum meiiere..."

SATIRICON LIBER

Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)

"...autem caespes cum herbis excisus favum sustinebat. Circumferebat Aegyptius puer clibano argenteo panem. <. . .> Atque ipse etiam taeterrima voce..."

Liber X

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

"...Alexandrinam civitatem impetrare, deinde Romanam, quoniam esset Aegyptius. Ego autem, quia inter Aegyptios ceterosque peregrinos nihil interesse credebam..."