νηός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛː.ós/ → /niˈos/ → /niˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝ˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈos/

Etymology 1

Noun

νηός • (nēós) m (genitive νηοῦ); second declension

1. Ionic form of νᾱός (nāós)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νηός; τοῦ νηοῦ (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νηός ho nēós	τὼ νηώ tṑ nēṓ	οἱ νηοί hoi nēoí
Genitive	τοῦ νηοῦ toû nēoû	τοῖν νηοῖν toîn nēoîn	τῶν νηῶν tôn nēôn
Dative	τῷ νηῷ tôi nēôi	τοῖν νηοῖν toîn nēoîn	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν νηοῖσῐ / νηοῖσῐν / νηοῖς toîsi(n) nēoîsi(n) / nēoîs
Accusative	τὸν νηόν tòn nēón	τὼ νηώ tṑ nēṓ	τοὺς νηούς toùs nēoús
Vocative	νηέ nēé	νηώ nēṓ	νηοί nēoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

νηός • (nēós)

1. Epic form of νεώς (neṓs): genitive singular of νηῦς (nēûs)

References

• “νηός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νηός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νηός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νηός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 328