Νίνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ní.nos/ → /ˈni.nos/ → /ˈni.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ní.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈni.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.nos/

Proper noun

Νῐ́νος • (Nínos) m or f (genitive Νῐ́νου); second declension

1. m Ninus, the founder of Nineveh in Greek mythology
2. f Nineveh; Mosul, Iraq

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Νῐ́νος; τῆς Νῐ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νῐ́νος hē Nínos
Genitive	τῆς Νῐ́νου tês Nínou
Dative	τῇ Νῐ́νῳ têi Nínōi
Accusative	τὴν Νῐ́νον tḕn Nínon
Vocative	Νῐ́νε Níne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Νῐ́νῐος (Nínios)

Descendants

• Greek: Νίνος (Nínos)
• Latin: Ninus

References

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