Ναυσίθοος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ θοός (thoós, “quick”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nau̯.sí.tʰo.os/ → /naɸˈsi.θo.os/ → /nafˈsi.θo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nau̯.sí.tʰo.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naʍˈsi.tʰo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naɸˈsi.θo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nafˈsi.θo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nafˈsi.θo.os/

Proper noun

Ναυσῐ́θοος • (Nausĭ́thoos) m (genitive Ναυσῐθόου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Nausithous, the king of the Phaeacians

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ναυσῐ́θοος; τοῦ Ναυσῐθόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ναυσῐ́θοος ho Nausĭ́thoos
Genitive	τοῦ Ναυσῐθόου toû Nausĭthóou
Dative	τῷ Ναυσῐθόῳ tôi Nausĭthóōi
Accusative	τὸν Ναυσῐ́θοον tòn Nausĭ́thoon
Vocative	Ναυσῐ́θοε Nausĭ́thoe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ναυσίθοος (Nafsíthoos)
• → Latin: Nausithous

References

• “Ναυσίθοος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ναυσίθοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette