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Memphian en · ADJ
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέμφῐς (Mémphĭs) + -an.
Meanings
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Of or relating to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt.
Now may we ſee Damaſcus lofty towers,
Like to the ſhadowes of Pyramides,
That with their beauties grac’d the Memphion fields: […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene ii:Memphian darkness
Nor is Oſiris ſeen
In Memphian Grove, or Green,
Trampling the unſhowr’d Graſſe with lowings loud: […]
1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, stanza XXIV, page 11:
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Of or relating to the city of Memphis in the US, or another city named Memphis.
Forms
Synonyms
Memphitic · Memphibian · Memphite
Translations (3)
es memfisiense (of or relating to Memphis in the US) · es menfita (of or relating to Memphis in Egypt) · la Memphītis (of or relating to Memphis in Egypt)
Memphian en · NOUN
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μέμφῐς (Mémphĭs) + -an.
Meanings
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A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt.
One, in few howers, a fearfull ſlaughter made / Of all the Firſt-born that the Memphians had; […]
1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “[Du Bartas His First Week, or Birth of the World: […].] The First Daie of the First Week.”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC, page 21:A few moments later we were standing before the Sphinx. In front of this gigantic statue the sand has been excavated, and the paws, brick-built, have been laid bare. Here an altar once stood, and hither we clambered down, and looked up sixty feet at the gigantic scarred face. What name had they of yore for this divinity, those ancient Memphians?
1892, Clinton Scollard, “Round about Cairo”, in Under Summer Skies, New York, N.Y.: Charles L[uther] Webster & Company, pages 61–62:Tranced in her Lord’s Olympian smile / His lotus-loving Memphian lies,— / The musky daughter of the Nile / With plaited hair and almond eyes.
1857–1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], “VII. Poem “The Last Blossom”.”, in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company, published 1858, →OCLC, page 187:
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A native or inhabitant of the city of Memphis in the US, or another city named Memphis.
A soft summer downpour greeted the crowd arriving for Memphis Night, with 100 Memphians on hand to holler for their girls, the first of whom was Ruth Welting in the same kind of innocent cotton dress a girl might wear to a dancer at home.
1977 August 8, Henry Mitchell, “The Night Of the Memphis Sopranos”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2024:Further, this socialization implores black Memphians to strive to challenge the increasingly complex structural inequalities of race and class in the post–civil rights era.
2014 April 15, Zandria F[elice] Robinson, “Post-Soul Blues”, in This Ain’t Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 78:As Memphians' hearts broke, millions of Americans watched on television when Bill Walton sprained his ankle […] Larry Finch thanked his fellow Memphians “for making us proud to know that we had more people pulling for us[…]"
2014 March 18, G. Wayne Dowdy, On This Day in Memphis History, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 26:
Forms
Synonyms
Memphite · Memphibian
Translations (3)
grc Μεμφῑ́της (native or inhabitant of Memphis in Egypt) · la Memphītēs (native or inhabitant of Memphis in Egypt) · es memfisiense (native or inhabitant of Memphis in the US)