Rhamsesis

Proper noun

 * 1) Ramesses

Usage notes

 * The form Rhamsesis occurs in some editions of Gaius Plinius Secundus' Naturalis historia lib. 36 in the wording "Rhamsesis autem". Some editions have:
 * "Rhamsesis autem" (ed. Iulius Sillig, 1851; ed. D. Detlefsen, 1873)
 * "Rhamses is autem" (ed. Ludovicus Ianus, 1860)
 * "Rhamses autem is" (ed. Iulius Sillig, 1836, giving Codex Bambergensis as source for Rhamses and mentioning Ramises, Ramisesis, Ramiseis, Famisesis as variants)
 * "Ramises autem is" (ed. Joannes Harduinus, 1784; ed. Emerico-David & [Gabriel] Delafosse, 1831)
 * Alfred von Gutschmid cited it as "Rhamessis (Rhamsesis cod. Bamb.) autem" with Rhamessis resembling and called Rhamsesis a wrong reading.