Nectanabis

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νεκτάναβις (Nektánabis), itself from Egyptian
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(nḫt-nb.f).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nectanabis m sg (genitive Nectanabis); third declension

  1. The name of a king of Egypt

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

singular
nominative Nectanabis
genitive Nectanabis
dative Nectanabī
accusative Nectanabem
ablative Nectanabe
vocative Nectanabis

References

  • Nectanabis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Nectanabis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.