Νέστωρ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Probably from νέομαι (néomai, “I return”) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr, “-er”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νέστωρ • (Néstōr) m (genitive Νέστορος); third declension

  1. Nestor

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Νέστωρ; τοῦ Νέστορος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Νέστωρ
ho Néstōr
Genitive τοῦ Νέστορος
toû Néstoros
Dative τῷ Νέστορῐ
tôi Néstori
Accusative τὸν Νέστορᾰ
tòn Néstora
Vocative Νέστορ
Néstor
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Νέστωρ (Néstor), Νέστορας (Néstoras)
  • Latin: Nestor

References

  • “Νέστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Νέστωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • “Νέστωρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
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