From Proto-Hellenic *nahwós, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to join with, to conceal oneself”). See νέομαι (néomai, “to go or come back”).
νᾱϝός • (nāwós) m (genitive νᾱϝῶ); second declension (Laconian)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ νᾱϝός ho nāwós |
τὼ νᾱϝώ tṑ nāwṓ |
τοὶ νᾱϝοί toì nāwoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νᾱϝῶ toû nāwô |
τοῖν νᾱϝοῖν toîn nāwoîn |
τῶν νᾱϝῶν tôn nāwôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νᾱϝῷ tôi nāwôi |
τοῖν νᾱϝοῖν toîn nāwoîn |
τοῖς νᾱϝοῖς toîs nāwoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νᾱϝόν tòn nāwón |
τὼ νᾱϝώ tṑ nāwṓ |
τὼς νᾱϝώς tṑs nāwṓs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νᾱϝέ nāwé |
νᾱϝώ nāwṓ |
νᾱϝοί nāwoí | ||||||||||
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