Νικήτας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῑκᾰ́ω (nīkáō, “win, conquer, be victorious”) +‎ -τᾱς (-tās, suffix forming masculine agent nouns) = literally “(the) Winner, Conqueror, Victor”; compare Νῑκήτης (Nīkḗtēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /niː.kɛ̌ː.taːs/ → /niˈci.tas/ → /niˈci.tas/

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

Proper noun

Νῑκήτᾱς • (Nīkḗtās) m (genitive Νῑκήτου); first declension

1. a male given name
   • Anthology of Planudes 47

Declension

First declension of ὁ Νῑκήτᾱς; τοῦ Νῑκήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῑκήτᾱς ho Nīkḗtās
Genitive	τοῦ Νῑκήτου toû Nīkḗtou
Dative	τῷ Νῑκήτᾳ tôi Nīkḗtāi
Accusative	τὸν Νῑκήτᾱν tòn Nīkḗtān
Vocative	Νῑκήτᾱ Nīkḗtā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: Nikètas
• Greek: Νικήτας (Nikítas)
• → Latin: Nīcētās
• → Russian: Ники́та (Nikíta)
• → Ukrainian: Мики́та (Mykýta)

Further reading

• Νικήτας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette