Ναύκρατις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from ναῦς (naûs, “boat”) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “strength”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ναύκρᾰτῐς • (Naúkratis) f (genitive Ναυκρᾰ́τῐος or Ναυκρᾰ́τεως); third declension

  1. Naucratis

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Ναύκρᾰτῐς; τῆς Ναυκρᾰ́τῐος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ναύκρᾰτῐς
hē Naúkratis
Genitive τῆς Ναυκρᾰ́τῐος
tês Naukrátios
Dative τῇ Ναυκρᾰ́τῑ
têi Naukrátī
Accusative τὴν Ναύκρᾰτῐν
tḕn Naúkratin
Vocative Ναύκρᾰτῐ
Naúkrati
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of ἡ Ναύκρᾰτῐς; τῆς Ναυκρᾰ́τεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ναύκρᾰτῐς
hē Naúkratis
Genitive τῆς Ναυκρᾰ́τεως
tês Naukráteōs
Dative τῇ Ναυκρᾰ́τει
têi Naukrátei
Accusative τὴν Ναύκρᾰτῐν
tḕn Naúkratin
Vocative Ναύκρᾰτῐ
Naúkrati
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Ναυκρᾰτῑ́της (Naukratī́tēs)
  • Ναυκρᾰτῐτῐκός (Naukratitikós)

Descendants
  • Egyptian: nwtkꜣrṯ
    niwtkA
    r    		 T
    niwt
  • Greek: Ναύκρατις (Náfkratis)
  • Latin: Naucratis

References
  • “Ναύκρατις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ναύκρατις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • 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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