Νέστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the River Ness, possibly *ned- (“water”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nés.tos/ → /ˈnes.tos/ → /ˈnes.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nés.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tos/

Proper noun

Νέστος • (Néstos) m (genitive Νέστου); second declension

1. the river Mesta; the river Nestos

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Νέστος; τοῦ Νέστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νέστος ho Néstos
Genitive	τοῦ Νέστου toû Néstou
Dative	τῷ Νέστῳ tôi Néstōi
Accusative	τὸν Νέστον tòn Néston
Vocative	Νέστε Néste
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Места (Mesta)
• Greek: Νέστος (Néstos)
• Latin: Nestus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Νέστος (Néstos).

Proper noun

Νέστος • (Néstos) m

1. Nestos, Mesta (a river that flows through Bulgaria and Greece into the Thracian Sea)

Declension

Declension of Νέστος

	singular
nominative	Νέστος (Néstos)
genitive	Νέστου (Néstou)
accusative	Νέστο (Nésto)
vocative	Νέστε (Néste)

Further reading

• Νέστος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el