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Pharao

See also: pharao and pharaó

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharaō.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Pharao m (strong, genitive Pharaos, plural Pharaonen, feminine Pharaonin)

    1. (historical) pharaoh

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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    Egyptian pr
    Egyptian ꜥꜣ
    Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣbor.
    Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹהbor.
    Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ)bor.
    Latin Pharao

      Borrowed from Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה, borrowed from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ, from pr + ꜥꜣ.

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      Proper noun

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      Pharaō m (genitive Pharaōnis); third declension

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      1. (Late Latin) Pharaoh
        • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 7.6.46:
          Dēnique Mōȳsē interpretātur sūmptus ex aquā. Invēnit eum ad rīpam flūminis expositum fīlia Pharaōnis, quem colligēns adoptāvit sibi.
          Then 'Moses' is interpreted as 'taken out of water'. The daughter of the Pharaoh found him abandoned on the bank of the river and adopted him.

      Declension

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      Third-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative Pharaō Pharaōnēs
      genitive Pharaōnis Pharaōnum
      dative Pharaōnī Pharaōnibus
      accusative Pharaōnem Pharaōnēs
      ablative Pharaōne Pharaōnibus
      vocative Pharaō Pharaōnēs

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      References

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

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      Etymology

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        Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharao, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian

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        (pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace”, “pharaoh”).

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        Pharao m

        1. Pharaoh (biblical character)
          • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
            Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.
            Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.

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