Apis

[ ey-pis ]

nounEgyptian Religion.
  1. a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.

Origin of Apis

1
First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin Āpis, from Greek Âpis, from Egyptian ḥjpw
  • Also called Ha·pi [hah-pee, khah-pee], /ˈhɑ pi, ˈxɑ pi/, Hap [hahp, khahp] /hɑp, xɑp/ .

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Apis

/ (ˈɑːpɪs) /


noun
  1. (in ancient Egypt) a sacred bull worshipped at Memphis

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