Naucratis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναύκρατις (Naúkratis).

Proper noun

Naucratis

A city in Ancient Egypt, the only permanent Greek colony there.

Translations

city in Ancient Egypt

Egyptian:

(nwtkꜣrṯ f)
Greek:
Ancient: Ναύκρατις f (Naúkratis)
Latin: Naucratis f

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναύκρατις (Naúkratis).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.kra.tis/, [ˈnäu̯krät̪ɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.kra.tis/, [ˈnäːu̯krät̪is]

Proper noun

Naucratis f sg (genitive Naucratis); third declension

Naucratis

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Naucratis
Genitive	Naucratis
Dative	Naucratī
Accusative	Naucratim Naucratem
Ablative	Naucrate
Vocative	Naucratis
Locative	Naucratī Naucrate

References

“Naucratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Naucratis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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