Ναϊάς
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See also: ναϊάς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From νάω (náō, “to flow”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /naː.i.ás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /na.iˈas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /na.iˈas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /na.iˈas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /na.iˈas/
- Hyphenation: Να‧ϊ‧άς
Proper noun
Νᾱϊᾰ́ς • (Nāïás) f (genitive Νᾱϊᾰ́δος); third declension
- a naiad
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς hē Nāïás |
τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε tṑ Nāïáde |
αἱ Νᾱϊᾰ́δες hai Nāïádes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος tês Nāïádos |
τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν toîn Nāïádoin |
τῶν Νᾱϊᾰ́δων tôn Nāïádōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Νᾱϊᾰ́δῐ têi Nāïádi |
τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν toîn Nāïádoin |
ταῖς Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐ / Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐν taîs Nāïási(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Nāïáda |
τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε tṑ Nāïáde |
τᾱ̀ς Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Nāïádas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Νᾱϊᾰ́ς Nāïás |
Νᾱϊᾰ́δε Nāïáde |
Νᾱϊᾰ́δες Nāïádes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Ναϊάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018