Νέστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the River Ness, possibly *ned- (“water”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nés.tos/ → /ˈnes.tos/ → /ˈnes.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nés.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tos/

Proper noun

Νέστος • (Néstos) m (genitive Νέστου); second declension

1. the river Mesta; the river Nestos

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Νέστος; τοῦ Νέστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νέστος ho Néstos
Genitive	τοῦ Νέστου toû Néstou
Dative	τῷ Νέστῳ tôi Néstōi
Accusative	τὸν Νέστον tòn Néston
Vocative	Νέστε Néste
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Места (Mesta)
• Greek: Νέστος (Néstos)
• Latin: Nestus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018