Νομάς

See also: νομάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομᾰ́ς (nomắs, “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 • (Nomắs) 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 Nomắs	τὼ Νομᾰ́δε tṑ Nomắde	οἱ, αἱ Νομᾰ́δες hoi, hai Nomắdes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς Νομᾰ́δος toû, tês Nomắdos	τοῖν Νομᾰ́δοιν toîn Nomắdoin	τῶν Νομᾰ́δων tôn Nomắdōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ Νομᾰ́δῐ tôi, têi Nomắdĭ	τοῖν Νομᾰ́δοιν toîn Nomắdoin	τοῖς, ταῖς Νομᾰ́σῐ / Νομᾰ́σῐν toîs, taîs Nomắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν Νομᾰ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn Nomắdă	τὼ Νομᾰ́δε tṑ Nomắde	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς Νομᾰ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s Nomắdăs
Vocative	Νομᾰ́ς Nomắs	Νομᾰ́δε Nomắde	Νομᾰ́δες Nomắdes
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 (Nomădĭkós)
• Νομᾰδῐκή (Nomădĭkḗ)

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