Νάξος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Most likely of Pre-Greek origin.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νᾰ́ξος • (Náxos) f (genitive Νᾰ́ξου); second declension

  1. Naxos

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Νᾰ́ξος; τῆς Νᾰ́ξου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νᾰ́ξος
hē Náxos
Genitive τῆς Νᾰ́ξου
tês Náxou
Dative τῇ Νᾰ́ξῳ
têi Náxōi
Accusative τὴν Νᾰ́ξον
tḕn Náxon
Vocative Νᾰ́ξε
Náxe
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Νάξος (Náxos)
  • Italian: Nasso
  • Latin: Naxos
  • Turkish: Nakşa

References

  1. ^ Tribulato, Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily

Further reading

  • “Νάξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Νάξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Νάξος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • 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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