νυθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Usually compared with Latin nūbēs (“cloud”) and with other Indo-European words for cloud. However, together with νοῦθος (noûthos), may also form a Pre-Greek etymon.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ny.tʰós/ → /nyˈθos/ → /niˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ny.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nyˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nyˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nyˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈθos/

Adjective

νυθός • (nuthós) m (feminine νῠθή, neuter νῠθόν); first/second declension

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἄφωνος (áphōnos, “mute”), σκοτεινός (skoteinós, “dark”).

Inflection

First and second declension of νῠθός; νῠθή; νῠθόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νῠθός nuthós	νῠθή nuthḗ	νῠθόν nuthón		νῠθώ nuthṓ	νῠθᾱ́ nuthā́	νῠθώ nuthṓ		νῠθοί nuthoí	νῠθαί nuthaí	νῠθᾰ́ nuthá
Genitive		νῠθοῦ nuthoû	νῠθῆς nuthês	νῠθοῦ nuthoû		νῠθοῖν nuthoîn	νῠθαῖν nuthaîn	νῠθοῖν nuthoîn		νῠθῶν nuthôn	νῠθῶν nuthôn	νῠθῶν nuthôn
Dative		νῠθῷ nuthôi	νῠθῇ nuthêi	νῠθῷ nuthôi		νῠθοῖν nuthoîn	νῠθαῖν nuthaîn	νῠθοῖν nuthoîn		νῠθοῖς nuthoîs	νῠθαῖς nuthaîs	νῠθοῖς nuthoîs
Accusative		νῠθόν nuthón	νῠθήν nuthḗn	νῠθόν nuthón		νῠθώ nuthṓ	νῠθᾱ́ nuthā́	νῠθώ nuthṓ		νῠθούς nuthoús	νῠθᾱ́ς nuthā́s	νῠθᾰ́ nuthá
Vocative		νῠθέ nuthé	νῠθή nuthḗ	νῠθόν nuthón		νῠθώ nuthṓ	νῠθᾱ́ nuthā́	νῠθώ nuthṓ		νῠθοί nuthoí	νῠθαί nuthaí	νῠθᾰ́ nuthá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		νῠθῶς nuthôs				νῠθώτερος nuthṓteros				νῠθώτᾰτος nuthṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νυθώδης (nuthṓdēs)

Further reading

• “νυθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ν