νόα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Unknown. Seemingly related to νάω (náō, “to flow”).

Noun

νόα • (nóa) f (hapax)

(Laconian) spring, source, running water
Synonym: πηγή (pēgḗ)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ν:
  νόα· πηγή, Λάκωνες
  nóa; pēgḗ, Lákōnes
  nóa: spring, among the Laconians

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 972, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 972
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νόα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1022

Further reading

“νόα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nó.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.a/

Noun

νόᾰ • (nóa) m

accusative singular of νόος (nóos)

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