νεανίσκος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεηνῐ́ης (neēníēs) — Ionic

Etymology

νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς (neāníās) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.aː.nís.kos/ → /ne.aˈnis.kos/ → /ne.aˈnis.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.aː.nís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne.aˈnis.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.aˈnis.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.aˈnis.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.aˈnis.kos/

Noun

νεᾱνῐ́σκος • (neānískos) m (genitive νεᾱνῐ́σκου); second declension (Attic, Koine)

1. young man, youth
2. (modified by possessive adjective) servant

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νεᾱνῐ́σκος; τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νεᾱνῐ́σκος ho neānískos	τὼ νεᾱνῐ́σκω tṑ neānískō	οἱ νεᾱνῐ́σκοι hoi neānískoi
Genitive	τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́σκου toû neānískou	τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́σκοιν toîn neānískoin	τῶν νεᾱνῐ́σκων tôn neānískōn
Dative	τῷ νεᾱνῐ́σκῳ tôi neānískōi	τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́σκοιν toîn neānískoin	τοῖς νεᾱνῐ́σκοις toîs neānískois
Accusative	τὸν νεᾱνῐ́σκον tòn neānískon	τὼ νεᾱνῐ́σκω tṑ neānískō	τοὺς νεᾱνῐ́σκους toùs neānískous
Vocative	νεᾱνῐ́σκε neāníske	νεᾱνῐ́σκω neānískō	νεᾱνῐ́σκοι neānískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “νεανίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3495 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible