Νέστος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the River Ness, possibly *ned- (“water”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nés.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
Proper noun
Νέστος • (Néstos) m (genitive Νέστου); second declension
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
- ^ ^MacBain, Alexander (1922). Place names Highlands & Islands of Scotland. p. 146.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek Νέστος (Néstos).
Proper noun
Νέστος • (Néstos) m
- Nestos, Mesta (a river that flows through Bulgaria and Greece into the Thracian Sea)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Νέστος (Néstos) |
| genitive | Νέστου (Néstou) |
| accusative | Νέστο (Nésto) |
| vocative | Νέστε (Néste) |
Further reading
Νέστος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
