νηάς
See also: νῆας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɛː.ás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ne̝ˈas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /niˈas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /niˈas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /niˈas/
Noun
νηᾰ́ς • (nēás) f (genitive νηᾰ́δος); third declension
- gigantic, mythological animal from Samos called Neades in English, inspired by the fossilized remains of extinct proboscideans.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ νηᾰ́ς hē nēás |
τὼ νηᾰ́δε tṑ nēáde |
αἱ νηᾰ́δες hai nēádes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς νηᾰ́δος tês nēádos |
τοῖν νηᾰ́δοιν toîn nēádoin |
τῶν νηᾰ́δων tôn nēádōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ νηᾰ́δῐ têi nēádi |
τοῖν νηᾰ́δοιν toîn nēádoin |
ταῖς νηᾰ́σῐ / νηᾰ́σῐν taîs nēási(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν νηᾰ́δᾰ tḕn nēáda |
τὼ νηᾰ́δε tṑ nēáde |
τᾱ̀ς νηᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s nēádas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νηᾰ́ς nēás |
νηᾰ́δε nēáde |
νηᾰ́δες nēádes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “νηάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νηάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νηάς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1015
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