Νέστωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from νέομαι (néomai, “I return”) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr, “-er”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Proper noun

Νέστωρ • (Néstōr) m (genitive Νέστορος); third declension

1. Nestor
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.247

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Νέστωρ; τοῦ Νέστορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νέστωρ ho Néstōr
Genitive	τοῦ Νέστορος toû Néstoros
Dative	τῷ Νέστορῐ tôi Néstori
Accusative	τὸν Νέστορᾰ tòn Néstora
Vocative	Νέστορ Néstor
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Νεστόρειος (Nestóreios)
• Νεστόριος (Nestórios)

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Νέστωρ (Néstor)
  • Νέστορας (Néstoras)
• Latin: Nestor

References

• “Νέστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Νέστωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Νέστωρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018