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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛː.ós/ → /niˈos/ → /niˈos/
Etymology 1
Noun
νηός • (nēós) m (genitive νηοῦ); second declension
- Ionic form of νᾱός (nāós)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
νηός • (nēós)
- Epic form of νεώς (neṓs): genitive singular of νηῦς (nēûs)
References
- “νηός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νηός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νηός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νηός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 328