Νῖσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nîː.sa/ → /ˈni.sa/ → /ˈni.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nîː.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sa/

Proper noun

Νῖσᾰ • (Nîsa) f (genitive Νῑ́σης); first declension

1. Nisa, Boeotia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Νῖσᾰ; τῆς Νῑ́σης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νῖσᾰ hē Nîsa
Genitive	τῆς Νῑ́σης tês Nī́sēs
Dative	τῇ Νῑ́σῃ têi Nī́sēi
Accusative	τὴν Νῖσᾰν tḕn Nîsan
Vocative	Νῖσᾰ Nîsa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Nisa

References

• Νῖσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Νῖσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers