Moeris

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, ĭdis, f., = Μοῖρις,

• the Lake Moeris, in Egypt, an artificial lake, fifty miles in width, between Memphis and Arsinoë, designed as a reservoir to hold the superfluous water of the Nile when overflowing, now Birket-Karum, Mel. 1, 9, 5 (ap. Plin. always Moeridis lacus).

Moeris, is, m.,

• the name of a shepherd and sorcerer, Verg. E. 8, 96, 98; 9, 1; 53, etc.

1. Moeris, idis, f. (Μοιρις), der See Möris, ein künstlicher See zwischen Memphis und Arsinoë, der dazu bestimmt war, das überflüssige Wasser des Nils aufzunehmen, j. Birket Karum (d.i. Charons See), Mela 1, 9, 5 (1. § 55); benannt nach dem Könige Moeris (reg. um 2150 v. Chr.), der ihn ausheben ließ, dah. auch Moeridis lacus (τοῦ Μοίριδος λίμνη), Plin. 5, 50.

2. Moeris, is, Akk. im, Vok. i, m., ein Hirt u. Zauberer, Verg. ecl. 8, 96 u. 98; 9, 1 61.

1 Mœrĭs, ĭdis, m. , ¶ 1 nom dʼun roi dʼÉgypte : Plin. 5, 50 ¶ 2 roi de la Palatène, contrée de lʼInde : Curt. 9, 8, 28.

2 Mœris, ĭdis, f. , lac Mœris [que fit creuser près de Memphis le roi dʼÉgypte Mœris] : Mela 1, 55 ; [appelé aussi] Mœridis lacus Plin. 5, 50.

3 Mœris, (13) is, m. , nom de berger : Virg. B. 8, 96.

Moeris

(Μοῖρις) or Myris (Μύρις). A supposed king of Egypt, who is said to have dug, about B.C. 1350, the great lake known by his name. It covered over sixty square miles at the entrance to the Fayûm; and was really constructed by Amenemhat III. of the Twelfth Dynasty about B.C. 2300. It was employed for storing the water of the Nile for irrigation, and is now properly to be identified with the natural lake Borket-el-Kurûn. Herodotus says that the king erected two pyramids in the lake, one supporting a statue of himself and the other a statue of his wife. Remains of these pyramids have been discovered in modern times. The name Moeris is the Egyptian meri, “a lake,” and no such king as Moeris ever lived. See Herod. ii. 13, 101, 149; Diod.i. 52; Pliny H. N. v. 9, 50; xxxvii. 12, 76; and Linant Bey, Mémoire sur le Lac Moeris (1843).

Moeris

Aelius. Known as “the Atticist” (Moeris Atticista). A Greek grammarian of the second century A.D. He was the author of an Attic lexicon (Λέξεις Ἀττικαί), a list, in alphabetical order, of a number of expressions and forms used by Attic writers, with the parallel expressions used in his own time, and in other dialects. It is edited by Pierson (1759) and Bekker (1833).

Moeris Moeris, king of Egypt900 years before Herodotus

• Hdt. 2.13
• his work at Memphis and elsewhere: Hdt. 2.101
• lake of Moeris (in the Fayyum) and labyrinth adjacent described: Hdt. 2.69, Hdt. 2.148, Hdt. 2.149
• revenue of Persia from it: Hdt. 3.91