Moeris, ĭdis, m., = Μοῖρις,
Moeris, a king of Egypt in the fifteenth century A. C., who caused the lake which bears his name to be excavated : Moeridis lacus, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 50.—Hence,
MOERIS LACUS(ἡ Μοίριος λίμνη, Hdt. 2.13, 148, seq.; Diod. 1.52; Μοίριδος λίμνη, Strab. 18. p. 810; P...
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