Ναβαταῖος

Ancient Greek

See also: Ναβαταῖοι, Nabataeus, Nabataei, Nabataea, Nabataean, Nabatean, Nabathaean, and Nabathean

Etymology

Borrowed from Nabataean Aramaic 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 (nbṭw). Possibly cognate with Arabic النبطي (an-Nabaṭī, “Nabataean, Nabaṭ”), Arabic أَنْبَاط (ʔanbāṭ), and Hebrew נבטים (nabaṭim, “Nabataeans”), and Hebrew נבטית (nabaṭit, “Nabataean (adj.)”), all of which might be ultimately derived from the same Semitic root, perhaps Proto-Semitic *nabat-, possibly cognate with Akkadian nabāṭu ("to shine brightly").

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /na.baˈtɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /na.βaˈtɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /na.vaˈte.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /na.vaˈte.os/

Proper noun

Ναβαταῖος • (Nabataîos) m (genitive Ναβαταίου); second declension

(demonym) Nabataean, one of the Nabataeans, ancient inhabitants of Nabataea, a region of Arabia that covers parts of northern Arabia and the Southern Levant, lying between Arabia and Syria, and stretching from the Euphrates river to the Red Sea. During the Hellenistic Period, the Nabataeans were involved in a nexus of trade routes reaching as far as Italy to the west and India to the east, which centered at their city of Petra in what is now Western Jordan near the Negev Desert from before 310 BCE until the Roman conquest in 106 CE.
(historical) Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan.

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ναβαταῖος; τοῦ Ναβαταίου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ναβαταῖος ho Nabataîos	τὼ Ναβαταίω tṑ Nabataíō	οἱ Ναβαταῖοι hoi Nabataîoi
Genitive	τοῦ Ναβαταίου toû Nabataíou	τοῖν Ναβαταίοιν toîn Nabataíoin	τῶν Ναβαταίων tôn Nabataíōn
Dative	τῷ Ναβαταίῳ tōî Nabataíōi	τοῖν Ναβαταίοιν toîn Nabataíoin	τοῖς Ναβαταίοις toîs Nabataíois
Accusative	τὸν Ναβαταῖον tòn Nabataîon	τὼ Ναβαταίω tṑ Nabataíō	τοὺς Ναβαταίους toùs Nabataíous
Vocative	Ναβαταῖε Nabataîe	Ναβαταίω Nabataíō	Ναβαταῖοι Nabataîoi

Adjective

Ναβαταῖος • (Nabataîos) m (feminine Ναβαταίη, neuter Ναβαταῖον); first/second declension

Relating to the Nabataean people, their kings, art, architecture, religion, language, or script.

Inflection

First and second declension of Ναβαταῖος; Ναβαταίη; Ναβαταῖον (Koine)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ναβαταῖος Nabataîos	Ναβαταίη Nabataíē	Ναβαταῖον Nabataîon	Ναβαταίω Nabataíō	Ναβαταίᾱ Nabataíā	Ναβαταίω Nabataíō	Ναβαταῖοι Nabataîoi	Ναβαταῖαι Nabataîai	Ναβαταῖᾰ Nabataîă
Genitive	Ναβαταίου Nabataíou	Ναβαταίης Nabataíēs	Ναβαταίου Nabataíou	Ναβαταίοιν Nabataíoin	Ναβαταίαιν Nabataíain	Ναβαταίοιν Nabataíoin	Ναβαταίων Nabataíōn	Ναβαταίων Nabataíōn	Ναβαταίων Nabataíōn
Dative	Ναβαταίῳ Nabataíōi	Ναβαταίῃ Nabataíēi	Ναβαταίῳ Nabataíōi	Ναβαταίοιν Nabataíoin	Ναβαταίαιν Nabataíain	Ναβαταίοιν Nabataíoin	Ναβαταίοις Nabataíois	Ναβαταίαις Nabataíais	Ναβαταίοις Nabataíois
Accusative	Ναβαταῖον Nabataîon	Ναβαταίην Nabataíēn	Ναβαταῖον Nabataîon	Ναβαταίω Nabataíō	Ναβαταίᾱ Nabataíā	Ναβαταίω Nabataíō	Ναβαταίους Nabataíous	Ναβαταίᾱς Nabataíās	Ναβαταῖᾰ Nabataîă
Vocative	Ναβαταῖε Nabataîe	Ναβαταίη Nabataíē	Ναβαταῖον Nabataîon	Ναβαταίω Nabataíō	Ναβαταίᾱ Nabataíā	Ναβαταίω Nabataíō	Ναβαταῖοι Nabataîoi	Ναβαταῖαι Nabataîai	Ναβαταῖᾰ Nabataîă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Ναβαταίως Nabataíōs			Ναβαταιότερος Nabataióteros			Ναβαταιότᾰτος Nabataiótătos

References

Ναβαταῖος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- Search the corpus for this lemma: Ναβαταῖοι in PhiloLogic4 concordance (in ancient Greek). ARTFL Project, University of Chicago, viewed November 26, 2025.
Nabaṭ, in Graf, D.F., & Fahd, T. (2012). Nabaṭ. In P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0829
nabāṭu, in Black, J., George, A.R., & Postgate, N., (2000). A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian. (Second, corrected, printing). SANTAG Arbeiten und Untersuchungen zur Keilschriftkunde 5. Harrassowitz. Online at The “electronic Babylonian Library” (eBL) Platform. Dictionary, accessed 11/27/2025 and archived here
(nabaṭim) נבטים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
Nabataea (region) on Pleiades.