νήκτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νήχω (nḗkhō, “to swim”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɛ̌ːk.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈne̝k.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnik.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnik.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnik.tis/
Noun
νήκτης • (nḗktēs) m (genitive νήκτου); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νήκτης ho nḗktēs |
τὼ νήκτᾱ tṑ nḗktā |
οἱ νῆκται hoi nêktai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νήκτου toû nḗktou |
τοῖν νήκταιν toîn nḗktain |
τῶν νηκτῶν tôn nēktôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νήκτῃ tōî nḗktēi |
τοῖν νήκταιν toîn nḗktain |
τοῖς νήκταις toîs nḗktais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νήκτην tòn nḗktēn |
τὼ νήκτᾱ tṑ nḗktā |
τοὺς νήκτᾱς toùs nḗktās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νῆκτᾰ nêktă |
νήκτᾱ nḗktā |
νῆκται nêktai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- νηκτός (nēktós)
Further reading
- νήκτης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “νήκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νήκτης in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn