νηρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Contraction of νεαρός (nearós, “young, fresh”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈros/

Adjective

νηρός • (nērós) m (feminine νηρᾱ́, neuter νηρόν); first/second declension (Koine)

wet, damp

Declension

First and second declension of νηρός; νηρᾱ́; νηρόν (Koine)

Number		Singular				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νηρός nērós	νηρᾱ́ nērā́	νηρόν nērón		νηροί nēroí	νηραί nēraí	νηρᾰ́ nērắ
Genitive		νηροῦ nēroû	νηρᾶς nērâs	νηροῦ nēroû		νηρῶν nērôn	νηρῶν nērôn	νηρῶν nērôn
Dative		νηρῷ nērōî	νηρᾷ nērāî	νηρῷ nērōî		νηροῖς nēroîs	νηραῖς nēraîs	νηροῖς nēroîs
Accusative		νηρόν nērón	νηρᾱ́ν nērā́n	νηρόν nērón		νηρούς nēroús	νηρᾱ́ς nērā́s	νηρᾰ́ nērắ
Vocative		νηρέ nēré	νηρᾱ́ nērā́	νηρόν nērón		νηροί nēroí	νηραί nēraí	νηρᾰ́ nērắ

Derived terms

νηρόν (nērón)

Descendants

⇒ English: aneroid

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “νηρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1018

Further reading

“νηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
νηρός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011