Νέητον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps of Pre-Greek origin, especially Sicel. The unattested Doric variant could have been *Νέᾱτον (Néāton), that could suggest some relation with νέατος (néatos, “the last, the extreme, the lowest”), irregular superlative of νέος (néos, “new, young”). Otherwise it could be connected with Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to join with, to conceal oneself”), cognate with ναίω (naíō), νᾱός (nāós, “a temple”), νέομαι (néomai, “to go or come back”), νόστος (nóstos). In any case, problems of morphological reconstruction remain with reference to the vowel quantity and any possible original consonants disappeared from the lemma.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.ɛː.ton/ → /ˈne.i.ton/ → /ˈne.i.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.ɛː.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.e̝.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.i.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.i.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.i.ton/

Proper noun

Νέητον • (Néēton) n (genitive Νεήτου); second declension

1. Netum; Noto, Italy

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Νέητον; τοῦ Νεήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Νέητον tò Néēton
Genitive	τοῦ Νεήτου toû Neḗtou
Dative	τῷ Νεήτῳ tôi Neḗtōi
Accusative	τὸ Νέητον tò Néēton
Vocative	Νέητον Néēton
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Nētum, Neētum
  • → Sicilian: Notu
    • → Italian: Noto