Soknopaios
/sɒk.nəˈpaɪ.ɒs/noun
Soknopaios was a Graeco-Egyptian form of the crocodile god Sobek worshipped at the Fayyum settlement of Soknopaiou Nesos.
Did you know?Soknopaios was invoked in Egyptian and Greek religious texts, including magical papyri, where crocodile imagery represented divine power, danger, and protection.
Etymological Timeline
Ptolemaic Egypt
Egyptian
Sbk-n-pꜣ-y
“Sobek of Pai; an epithet identifying Sobek with the locality of Pai”
3rd–1st Century BCE
Greek
Σοκνοπαῖος
“Soknopaios, the Greek rendering of the Egyptian divine name”
Roman Egypt
Greek
Σοκνοπαίου Νῆσος
“Island of Soknopaios, the settlement and temple site now known as Dime”
Roman Egypt
Demotic/Greek
Soknopaios
“A locally worshipped form of the crocodile god Sobek”
Modern English
English
Soknopaios
“The conventional English scholarly form of the ancient Egyptian-Greek divine name”
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