Naucratis
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ναύκρατις (Naúkratis).
Proper noun
Naucratis
- A city in Ancient Egypt, the only permanent Greek colony there.
Translations
city in Ancient Egypt
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ναύκρατις (Naúkratis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.kra.tis/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.kra.tis/,
Proper noun
Naucratis f sg (genitive Naucratis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Naucratis |
| genitive | Naucratis |
| dative | Naucratī |
| accusative | Naucratim Naucratem |
| ablative | Naucrate |
| vocative | Naucratis |
| locative | Naucratī Naucrate |
References
- “Naucratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Naucratis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.