Aegyptus

See also: aegyptus

English

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːˈd͡ʒɪptəs/
Hyphenation: Ae‧gyp‧tus

Proper noun

Aegyptus

A king of Egypt in Greek mythology.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis. The Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫi-ku-up-ta-aḫ /⁠ḫikuptaḫ⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈɡyp.tus/, [äe̯ˈɡʏpt̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈd͡ʒip.tus/, [eˈd͡ʒipt̪us]

Proper noun

Aegyptus f sg (genitive Aegyptī); second declension

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aegyptus
Genitive	Aegyptī
Dative	Aegyptō
Accusative	Aegyptum
Ablative	Aegyptō
Vocative	Aegypte

Derived terms

Descendants

Aragonese: Echipto
Asturian: Exiptu
→ Basque: Egipto
Catalan: Egipte
Corsican: Egittu, Eghjittu
→ Czech: Egypt
→ Danish: Ægypten, Egypten
→ Old East Slavic: Егѵпетъ (Egüpetŭ), Егѵпьтъ (Egüpĭtŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: *Егѵпетъ (*Ehipet), *Єгѵпетъ (*Jehipet), *Еґѵпет (*Egipet), *Єґѵпетъ (*Jegipet)
  - Belarusian: Егі́пет (Jehípjet), Эгі́пет (Ehípjet)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: Еґі́пет (Egípet)
  - Ukrainian: Єги́пет (Jehýpet), Єґи́пет (Jegýpet)
- Russian: Еги́пет (Jegípet), Егѵ́петъ (Jegípet)
  - → Kyrgyz: Эгипет (Egipet)
  - → Manchu: ᡝᡤᡳᡦᡝᡨ (egipet), ᡝᡤᡳᡦᡨ (egipt)
  - → Mongolian:
    Cyrillic script: Египет (Jegipet)
    Mongolian script: ᠶᠧᠭᠢᠫᠧᠲ᠋ (yēgipēt)
→ Old English: Egypte (see there for further descendants)
→ Esperanto: egipto
- Ido: Egiptia
→ Estonian: Egiptus
→ Farefare: Egipto
→ Finnish: Egypti
Old French: Egypte (see there for further descendants)
→ West Frisian: Egypte
Friulian: Egjit
Old Galician-Portuguese: Egipto
- Galician: Exipto
- Portuguese: Egipto, Egito
→ Hungarian: Egyiptom
→ Interlingua: Egypto
→ Old Irish: Égept
- Irish: Éigipt
- Manx: Eajipt
- Scottish Gaelic: Eiphit
Italian: Egitto
Ladino: Egipt
→ Latvian: Ēģipte
Ligurian: Egitto
→ Lithuanian: Egiptas
→ Middle Dutch: Egypten
- Dutch: Egypte
  - Afrikaans: Egipte
  - Jersey Dutch: Jâpten
- Limburgish: Egypte
Neapolitan: Naggitto
Occitan: Egipte
→ Middle High German:
- Alemannic German: Ägypten
- Bavarian: Egyptn, Ägyptn, Ägypten
- German: Ägypten
- Luxembourgish: Egypten
- → Plautdietsch: Äjipten
→ Low German: Egypte, Ägypten
→ Malagasy: Egypta
→ Old Norse: Egiptaland
- Faroese: Egyptaland
- Icelandic: Egyptaland
→ Norwegian: Egypt
Piedmontese: Egit
→ Polish: Egipt
→ Proto-Brythonic: *ėɣɨft
- → Middle Welsh: Eifft
  - → Welsh: Aifft
Romanian: Egipt
Romansch: Egipta
→ Northern Sami: Egypta
→ Serbo-Croatian: Египат, Egipat
Sicilian: Eggittu
→ Slovak: Egypt
→ Slovene: Egipt
→⇒ Lower Sorbian: Egyptojska
Spanish: Egipto
- → Basque: ijito (“Roma”)
- → Kapampangan: Eyiptu
- → Quechua: Ihiptu
- → Tagalog: Ehipto
→ Swedish: Egypten

References

“Aegyptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Aegyptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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