Thutmoside

Thutmoside adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Thutmoside Dynasty of ancient Egyptian history.

Adjective

Thutmoside (comparative more Thutmoside, superlative most Thutmoside)

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Thutmoside Dynasty of ancient Egyptian history.
- [T]he small Menkheperre sphinx has: […] features which, though the face has been called Thutmoside, are heavier and in profile more markedly curved than anything from early dynasty 18 or even among the statues or coffin images listed above and clearly datable to Phase A. It could aptly be described...2004, Marsha Hill, “Royal Bronzes dated to Phase A by inscription, and other dated comparanda”, in Royal Bronze Statuary from Ancient Egypt: With Special Attention to the Kneeling Pose (Egyptological...
- Though the statue of Sebekemsaf I in the British Museum does not at all resemble Thutmoside sculpture, it exhibits many core features of the Thutmoside style.2005, Edna R. Russmann, “Art in Transition: The Rise of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Emergence of the Thutmoside Style in Sculpture and Relief”, in Catharine H. Roehrig, Renée Dreyfus, Cathleen A....

Thutmoside (plural Thutmosides)

Any of the pharaohs of the Thutmoside Dynasty of ancient Egyptian history.
- The relations of the first four Thutmosides have been more searchingly examined and discussed than those of any Egyptian kings; […]1900, James Henry Breasted, “Introduction”, in A New Chapter in the Life of Thutmose III (Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Aegyptens; II, 2), Leipzig: J[ohann] C[onrad] Hinrichs’sche...
- He was the old god associated with the locality of Thebes and with the rise to power of the Thutmosides, the local leading family, an event which followed the expulsion of the Shepard Kings, Amun-Re became the chief god in the hierarchy and King of the Gods.1946 February, George B[rowning] Wilbur, “The Reciprocal Relationship of Man and His Ideological Milieu: A Primal Scene from Ancient Egypt and Its Role in the Genesis of a Cosmology”, in Hanns Sachs...

Possibly from Thutmose + French -ide (English -id), after Ramesside; compare French thoutmôside.

What does Thutmoside mean?: Thutmoside means of, relating to, or characteristic of the Thutmoside Dynasty of ancient Egyptian history.
What part of speech is Thutmoside?: Thutmoside can be an adjective or a noun.

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