Νειλώτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Νεῖλος (Neîlos) +‎ -ώτης (-ṓtēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /neː.lɔ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /niˈlo.tis/ → /niˈlo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /neː.lɔ̌ː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈlo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈlo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈlo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈlo.tis/

Adjective

Νειλώτης • (Neilṓtēs) m (feminine Νειλῶτις, neuter —); first/third declension

1. in or on the Nile
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 813–815 :

     οὗτός σ’ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα
     Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,
     Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι

     hoûtós s’ hodṓsei tḕn trígōnon es khthóna
     Neilôtin, hoû dḕ tḕn makràn apoikían,
     Ioî, péprōtai soí te kaì téknois ktísai

     • 1926 translation by Herbert Weir Smyth

       He will conduct you on your way to the three-angled land of the Nile, where, at last, it is ordained for you, O Io, and for your children to found your far-off colony.

Declension

Only attested in the masculine and feminine.

First declension of ὁ Νειλώτης; τοῦ Νειλώτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Νειλώτης ho Neilṓtēs	τὼ Νειλώτᾱ tṑ Neilṓtā	οἱ Νειλῶται hoi Neilôtai
Genitive	τοῦ Νειλώτου toû Neilṓtou	τοῖν Νειλώταιν toîn Neilṓtain	τῶν Νειλωτῶν tôn Neilōtôn
Dative	τῷ Νειλώτῃ tôi Neilṓtēi	τοῖν Νειλώταιν toîn Neilṓtain	τοῖς Νειλώταις toîs Neilṓtais
Accusative	τὸν Νειλώτην tòn Neilṓtēn	τὼ Νειλώτᾱ tṑ Neilṓtā	τοὺς Νειλώτᾱς toùs Neilṓtās
Vocative	Νειλῶτᾰ Neilôtă	Νειλώτᾱ Neilṓtā	Νειλῶται Neilôtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ Νειλῶτῐς; τῆς Νειλώτῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Νειλῶτῐς hē Neilôtĭs	τὼ Νειλώτῐδε tṑ Neilṓtĭde	αἱ Νειλώτῐδες hai Neilṓtĭdes
Genitive	τῆς Νειλώτῐδος tês Neilṓtĭdos	τοῖν Νειλωτῐ́δοιν toîn Neilōtĭ́doin	τῶν Νειλωτῐ́δων tôn Neilōtĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ Νειλώτῐδῐ têi Neilṓtĭdĭ	τοῖν Νειλωτῐ́δοιν toîn Neilōtĭ́doin	ταῖς Νειλώτῐσῐ / Νειλώτῐσῐν taîs Neilṓtĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Νειλώτῐδᾰ tḕn Neilṓtĭdă	τὼ Νειλώτῐδε tṑ Neilṓtĭde	τᾱ̀ς Νειλώτῐδᾰς tā̀s Neilṓtĭdăs
Vocative	Νειλῶτῐς Neilôtĭs	Νειλώτῐδε Neilṓtĭde	Νειλώτῐδες Neilṓtĭdes
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

• →⇒ Latin: Nīlōticus
  • → Catalan: nilòtic
  • → English: Nilotic

Further reading

• Νειλώτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Νειλώτης”, 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