Memphis, is and ĭdos, f., = Μεμφις,
I a city of Middle Egypt, celebrated as the residence of the Egyptian kings , now Metrahenny (fourteen miles south of Cairo), Mel. 1, 9, 9; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 9, 9, § 50; Liv. 45, 11 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 26, 10; Tac. H. 4, 84; Prop. 3, 11, 34: quae colis, et Memphin, palmiferamque Pharon, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 7.— Hence,
A Memphītes , ae, m. adj., Memphite, of or from the city of Memphis, Egyptian : Memphiten plangere bovem, i. e. Apis , Tib. 1, 8 (7), 28 lapis, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.—
B Memphītĭcus , a, um, adj., Memphitic, Egyptian : templa, Ov. A. A. 1, 77: ensis, Luc. 10, 5.—
C Memphītis , ĭdis, f. adj., Memphite, Egyptian (poet.): terrā Memphitide, Juv. 15, 122: vacca, i. e. Io , Ov. A. A. 3, 393: cymba, Luc. 4, 136.