Ναϊάς

See also: ναϊάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Νηϊᾰ́ς (Nēïás) — Ionic
  • Νᾱΐς (Nāḯs)
  • Νηΐς (Nēḯs) — Ionic

Etymology

From νάω (náō, “to flow”).

Pronunciation
 
  • Hyphenation: Να‧ϊ‧άς

Proper noun

Νᾱϊᾰ́ς • (Nāïás) f (genitive Νᾱϊᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. a naiad

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς; τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς
hē Nāïás		 τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε
tṑ Nāïáde		 αἱ Νᾱϊᾰ́δες
hai Nāïádes
Genitive τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος
tês Nāïádos		 τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν
toîn Nāïádoin		 τῶν Νᾱϊᾰ́δων
tôn Nāïádōn
Dative τῇ Νᾱϊᾰ́δῐ
têi Nāïádi		 τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν
toîn Nāïádoin		 ταῖς Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐ / Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐν
taîs Nāïási(n)
Accusative τὴν Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn Nāïáda		 τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε
tṑ Nāïáde		 τᾱ̀ς Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s Nāïádas
Vocative Νᾱϊᾰ́ς
Nāïás		 Νᾱϊᾰ́δε
Nāïáde		 Νᾱϊᾰ́δες
Nāïádes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • English: naiad
  • Greek: Ναϊάς (Naïás), ναϊάδα (naïáda)
  • Latin: Nāias

References
  • “Ναϊάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
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