Νυσεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Νῦσᾰ (Nûsă, “the name of several mountains sacred to Dionysus”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, demonym-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nyː.sěu̯s/ → /nyˈseɸs/ → /niˈsefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nyː.sěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nyˈsews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nyˈseɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nyˈsefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈsefs/

Proper noun

Νῡσεύς • (Nūseús) m (genitive Νῡσέως); third declension

1. an epithet of Dionysus, Nysan

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Νῡσεύς; τοῦ Νῡσέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῡσεύς ho Nūseús
Genitive	τοῦ Νῡσέως toû Nūséōs
Dative	τῷ Νῡσεῖ tôi Nūseî
Accusative	τὸν Νῡσέᾱ tòn Nūséā
Vocative	Νῡσεῦ Nūseû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Nȳseus