ναύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nǎu̯.tɛːs/ → /ˈnaɸ.tis/ → /ˈnaf.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nǎu̯.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaʍ.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɸ.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnaf.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnaf.tis/

Noun

ναύτης • (naútēs) m (genitive ναύτου); first declension (Epic, Attic)

1. sailor, seaman
2. companion at sea

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ναύτης; τοῦ ναύτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ναύτης ho naútēs	τὼ ναύτᾱ tṑ naútā	οἱ ναῦται hoi naûtai
Genitive	τοῦ ναύτου toû naútou	τοῖν ναύταιν toîn naútain	τῶν ναυτῶν tôn nautôn
Dative	τῷ ναύτῃ tôi naútēi	τοῖν ναύταιν toîn naútain	τοῖς ναύταις toîs naútais
Accusative	τὸν ναύτην tòn naútēn	τὼ ναύτᾱ tṑ naútā	τοὺς ναύτᾱς toùs naútās
Vocative	ναῦτᾰ naûta	ναύτᾱ naútā	ναῦται naûtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ναύτης; ναύτᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ναύτης naútēs	ναύτᾱ naútā	ναῦται naûtai
Genitive	ναύτᾱο / ναύτε͜ω / ναύτω naútāo / naúte͜ō / naútō	ναύταιν / ναύταιῐν / ναύτῃῐν naútai(i)n / naútēiin	ναυτᾱ́ων / ναυτέ͜ων / ναυτῶν nautā́ōn / nauté͜ōn / nautôn
Dative	ναύτῃ naútēi	ναύταιν / ναύταιῐν / ναύτῃῐν naútai(i)n / naútēiin	ναύτῃσῐ / ναύτῃσῐν / ναύτῃς / ναύταις naútēisi(n) / naútēis / naútais
Accusative	ναύτην naútēn	ναύτᾱ naútā	ναύτᾱς naútās
Vocative	ναῦτᾰ naûta	ναύτᾱ naútā	ναῦται naûtai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

• ἁλιεύς (halieús)

Descendants

• Greek: ναύτης (náftis)
• → Arabic: نَوْتِيّ (nawtiyy)
  • → Ge'ez: ኖትያዊ (notəyawi)
• → Aramaic:

  Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܢܐܘܛܐ, ܢܘܛܐ

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: נווטא

  Classical Syriac: ܢܰܘܛܳܐ (nawṭā), ܢܐܘܛܗ (nawṭī), ܢܐܘܛܘܣ (nawṭāwəs)

• → Latin: nauta

References

• “ναύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ναύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ναύτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ναύτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ναύτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G3492 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • boatman idem, page 87.
  • sailor idem, page 731.
  • seafarer idem, page 746.
  • seaman idem, page 746.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ftis/
• Hyphenation: ναύ‧της

Noun

ναύτης • (náftis) m (plural ναύτες)

1. sailor

Declension

Declension of ναύτης

	singular	plural
nominative	ναύτης •	ναύτες •
genitive	ναύτη •	ναυτών •
accusative	ναύτη •	ναύτες •
vocative	ναύτη •	ναύτες •

Synonyms

• ναυτικός m (naftikós, “sailor, seaman, mariner”)

Related terms

• ναυτία f (naftía, “sea-sickness”)
• ναυτιλία f (naftilía, “merchant navy”)
• ναυτιλιακός f (naftiliakós, “shipping”)
• ναυτικό n (naftikó, “navy”)
• ναύκληρος m (náfkliros, “bosun”)
• ναύαρχος m (návarchos, “admiral”)

Further reading

• ναύτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el