Μερόης (Meroes)

Μερόης is an Ancient Greek form of Μερόη, meaning “Meroe — the kingdom of Meroe lay between the modern hamlet of Khartoum, where the Astapus joins the…”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun or adjective.

Found 25 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Agathemerus, Geographiae informatio 4.18: Πλάτος δὲ τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰθιοπικῆς θαλάσσης ἐπὶ Μερόην σταδίων ͵ε· ἀπὸ Μερόης εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν σταδίων μυρίων· ἀπὸ δὲ Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπὶ Τάναϊν μυρίων ͵ηνϛʹ (τὰ γὰρ ἄνω τῶν ἐκβολῶν τοῦ Τανά …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.