Moeris

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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,