Νυμφαία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νῠμφαῖος (nŭmphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nym.pʰǎi̯.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nymˈpʰɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nymˈɸɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nymˈfe.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nimˈfe.a/
Proper noun
Νῠμφαίᾱ • (Nŭmphaíā) f (genitive Νῠμφαίᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Νῠμφαίᾱ hē Nŭmphaíā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Νῠμφαίᾱς tês Nŭmphaíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Νῠμφαίᾳ tēî Nŭmphaíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Νῠμφαίᾱν tḕn Nŭmphaíān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Νῠμφαίᾱ Nŭmphaíā | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “νυμφ-αία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press