Νικήρατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) +‎ ἐρᾰτός (eratós, “lovely”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /niː.kɛ̌ː.ra.tos/ → /niˈci.ra.tos/ → /niˈci.ra.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /niː.kɛ̌ː.ra.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈke̝.ra.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈci.ra.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈci.ra.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈci.ra.tos/

Proper noun

Νῑκήρᾰτος • (Nīkḗratos) m (genitive Νῑκηρᾰ́του); second declension

1. a male given name, Niceratus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Νῑκήρᾰτος; τοῦ Νῑκηρᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῑκήρᾰτος ho Nīkḗratos
Genitive	τοῦ Νῑκηρᾰ́του toû Nīkērátou
Dative	τῷ Νῑκηρᾰ́τῳ tôi Nīkērátōi
Accusative	τὸν Νῑκήρᾰτον tòn Nīkḗraton
Vocative	Νῑκήρᾰτε Nīkḗrate
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Νικήρατος (Nikíratos)
• Latin: Nīcēratus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
• Νικήρατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette