ναυς

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with Italian nave, Persian (nâv).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nafs/

Noun

ναυς • (nafs) f (plural νήες) (archaic, obsolete)

(nautical, historical, archaic) an ancient ship
(architecture, figuratively) nave (part of a church)^[1]

Declension

In modern texts, cases from the ancient declension may be mentioned, written in the monotonic script:

Declension of ναυς

	singular	plural
nominative	ναυς •	νήες •
genitive	νεώς •	νεών •
accusative	ναυν •	ναυς •
vocative	ναυ •	νήες •

Synonyms

see: πλοίο n (ploío, “ship”)

References

^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (²1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. (abbreviations - of authors)

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