Ναύκρατις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from ναῦς (naûs, “boat”) + κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “strength”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǎu̯.kra.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnaʍ.kra.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnaɸ.kra.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnaf.kra.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnaf.kra.tis/
Proper noun
Ναύκρᾰτῐς • (Naúkratis) f (genitive Ναυκρᾰ́τῐος or Ναυκρᾰ́τεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ναύκρᾰτῐς hē Naúkratis | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ναυκρᾰ́τῐος tês Naukrátios | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ναυκρᾰ́τῑ têi Naukrátī | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ναύκρᾰτῐν tḕn Naúkratin | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ναύκρᾰτῐ Naúkrati | ||||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ναύκρᾰτῐς hē Naúkratis | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ναυκρᾰ́τεως tês Naukráteōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ναυκρᾰ́τει têi Naukrátei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ναύκρᾰτῐν tḕn Naúkratin | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ναύκρᾰτῐ Naúkrati | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ναυκρᾰτῑ́της (Naukratī́tēs)
- Ναυκρᾰτῐτῐκός (Naukratitikós)
Descendants
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