Ναϊάς

See also: ναϊάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Νηϊᾰ́ς (Nēïắs) — Ionic
• Νᾱΐς (Nāḯs)
• Νηΐς (Nēḯs) — Ionic

Etymology

From νάω (náō, “to flow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /naː.i.ás/ → /na.iˈas/ → /na.iˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /naː.i.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /na.iˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /na.iˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /na.iˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /na.iˈas/

• Hyphenation: Να‧ϊ‧άς

Proper noun

Νᾱϊᾰ́ς • (Nāïắs) f (genitive Νᾱϊᾰ́δος); third declension

1. a naiad

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς; τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς hē Nāïắs	τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε tṑ Nāïắde	αἱ Νᾱϊᾰ́δες hai Nāïắdes
Genitive	τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος tês Nāïắdos	τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν toîn Nāïắdoin	τῶν Νᾱϊᾰ́δων tôn Nāïắdōn
Dative	τῇ Νᾱϊᾰ́δῐ têi Nāïắdĭ	τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν toîn Nāïắdoin	ταῖς Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐ / Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐν taîs Nāïắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Nāïắdă	τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε tṑ Nāïắde	τᾱ̀ς Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Nāïắdăs
Vocative	Νᾱϊᾰ́ς Nāïắs	Νᾱϊᾰ́δε Nāïắde	Νᾱϊᾰ́δες Nāïắdes
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

• English: naiad
• Greek: Ναϊάς (Naïás), ναϊάδα (naïáda)
• Latin: Nāias

References

• “Ναϊάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018