Νεκτάναβις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian (nḫt-nb.f).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nek.tá.na.bis/ → /nekˈta.na.βis/ → /nekˈta.na.vis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nek.tá.na.bis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nekˈta.na.bis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nekˈta.na.βis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nekˈta.na.vis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nekˈta.na.vis/

Proper noun

Νεκτᾰ́νᾰβῐς • (Nektánabis) m (genitive Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῐδος or Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῐος); third declension

1. a male given name from Egyptian: Nectanabis, the name of two Egyptian pharaohs

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Νεκτᾰ́νᾰβῐς; τοῦ Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νεκτᾰ́νᾰβῐς ho Nektánabis
Genitive	τοῦ Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῐδος toû Nektanábidos
Dative	τῷ Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῐδῐ tôi Nektanábidi
Accusative	τὸν Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῐδᾰ tòn Nektanábida
Vocative	Νεκτᾰ́νᾰβῐς Nektánabis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of ὁ Νεκτᾰ́νᾰβῐς; τοῦ Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νεκτᾰ́νᾰβῐς ho Nektánabis
Genitive	τοῦ Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῐος toû Nektanábios
Dative	τῷ Νεκτᾰνᾰ́βῑ tôi Nektanábī
Accusative	τὸν Νεκτᾰ́νᾰβῐν tòn Nektánabin
Vocative	Νεκτᾰ́νᾰβῐ Nektánabi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Nectanabis

Further reading

• Νεκτάναβις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette