aegyptius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Aegyptius, Aegyptia, Aegyptium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Egypt
Egyptian; of/connected with Egypt;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →Aegyptius, Aegyptii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Egypt
Egyptian, inhabitant of Egypt; Egyptian sage/prophet;
nom. sg.
Examples
- D
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...autem caespes cum herbis excisus favum sustinebat. Circumferebat Aegyptius puer clibano argenteo panem. <. . .> Atque ipse etiam taeterrima voce..." - G
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..."