Νάβις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ná.bis/ → /ˈna.βis/ → /ˈna.vis/

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

Noun

Νάβῐς • (Nábis) m (genitive Νάβῐδος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nabis, held by
   1. a ruler of Sparta

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Νᾰ́βῐς; τοῦ Νᾰ́βῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νᾰ́βῐς ho Nábis
Genitive	τοῦ Νᾰ́βῐδος toû Nábidos
Dative	τῷ Νᾰ́βῐδῐ tôi Nábidi
Accusative	τὸν Νᾰ́βῐδᾰ tòn Nábida
Vocative	Νᾰ́βῐς Nábis
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.

Descendants

• → Latin: Nabis

References

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