Νομάς

See also: νομάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομᾰ́ς (nomás, “nomad”), from νομός (nomós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /no.más/ → /noˈmas/ → /noˈmas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /no.más/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /noˈmas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /noˈmas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /noˈmas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /noˈmas/

Noun

Νομᾰ́ς • (Nomás) m or f (genitive Νομᾰ́δος); third declension

1. a Numidian
2. an inhabitant of Numidia

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ Νομᾰ́ς; τοῦ, τῆς Νομᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ Νομᾰ́ς ho, hē Nomás	τὼ Νομᾰ́δε tṑ Nomáde	οἱ, αἱ Νομᾰ́δες hoi, hai Nomádes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς Νομᾰ́δος toû, tês Nomádos	τοῖν Νομᾰ́δοιν toîn Nomádoin	τῶν Νομᾰ́δων tôn Nomádōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ Νομᾰ́δῐ tôi, têi Nomádi	τοῖν Νομᾰ́δοιν toîn Nomádoin	τοῖς, ταῖς Νομᾰ́σῐ / Νομᾰ́σῐν toîs, taîs Nomási(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν Νομᾰ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn Nomáda	τὼ Νομᾰ́δε tṑ Nomáde	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς Νομᾰ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s Nomádas
Vocative	Νομᾰ́ς Nomás	Νομᾰ́δε Nomáde	Νομᾰ́δες Nomádes
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.

Derived terms

• Νομᾰδῐκός (Nomadikós)
• Νομᾰδῐκή (Nomadikḗ)

Descendants

• Greek: Νομάς (Nomás)

References

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