Ναϊάς
See also: ναϊάς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Νᾱῐ̈́ς (Nāĭ̈́s)
- Νηῐ̈ᾰ́ς (Nēĭ̈ắs), Νηῐ̈́ς (Nēĭ̈́s) — Ionic
Etymology
From νᾱ́ω (nā́ō, “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/
Proper noun
Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́ς • (Nāĭ̈ắs) f (genitive Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δος); third declension
- a naiad
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́ς hē Nāĭ̈ắs |
τὼ Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δε tṑ Nāĭ̈ắde |
αἱ Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δες hai Nāĭ̈ắdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δος tês Nāĭ̈ắdos |
τοῖν Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δοιν toîn Nāĭ̈ắdoin |
τῶν Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δων tôn Nāĭ̈ắdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δῐ tēî Nāĭ̈ắdĭ |
τοῖν Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δοιν toîn Nāĭ̈ắdoin |
ταῖς Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́σῐ / Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́σῐν taîs Nāĭ̈ắsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Nāĭ̈ắdă |
τὼ Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δε tṑ Nāĭ̈ắde |
τᾱ̀ς Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Nāĭ̈ắdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́ς Nāĭ̈ắs |
Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δε Nāĭ̈ắde |
Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́δες Nāĭ̈ắdes | ||||||||||
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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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018