Blemyes

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Blemmyae Blemmyes === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βλέμυες (Blémues). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɫɛ.my.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈblɛː.mi.es] === Proper noun === Blemyēs m pl (genitive Blemyum); third declension A tribe of Ethiopia ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. === References === “Blemmyae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Blemyes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Blemyes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly