ναύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ναῦς (naus, “ship”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /na͜ʊ́tɛ͜ɛs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /náʍteːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /náɸtis/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /náftis/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /náftis/

Noun

ναύτης (genitive ναύτου) m, first declension; (nautēs)

1. sailor, seaman
2. companion at sea

Inflection

First declension of ναύτης, ναύτου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ναύτης	ναύτᾱ	ναῦται
Genitive	ναύτου	ναύταιν	ναυτῶν
Dative	ναύτῃ	ναύταιν	ναύταις
Accusative	ναύτην	ναύτᾱ	ναύτᾱς
Vocative	ναύτη	ναύτᾱ	ναῦται

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G3492

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Greek

Noun

ναύτης (náftis) m,   plural ναύτες

1. sailor (worker on a ship)