ναστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νάσσω (nássō) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nas.tós/ → /nasˈtos/ → /nasˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nas.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nasˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nasˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nasˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nasˈtos/

Adjective

ναστός • (nastós) m (feminine ναστή, neuter ναστόν); first/second declension

1. close-pressed
2. (nominalized, masculine) cheesecake

Declension

First and second declension of ναστός; ναστή; ναστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ναστός nastós	ναστή nastḗ	ναστόν nastón		ναστώ nastṓ	ναστᾱ́ nastā́	ναστώ nastṓ		ναστοί nastoí	νασταί nastaí	ναστᾰ́ nastá
Genitive		ναστοῦ nastoû	ναστῆς nastês	ναστοῦ nastoû		ναστοῖν nastoîn	νασταῖν nastaîn	ναστοῖν nastoîn		ναστῶν nastôn	ναστῶν nastôn	ναστῶν nastôn
Dative		ναστῷ nastôi	ναστῇ nastêi	ναστῷ nastôi		ναστοῖν nastoîn	νασταῖν nastaîn	ναστοῖν nastoîn		ναστοῖς nastoîs	νασταῖς nastaîs	ναστοῖς nastoîs
Accusative		ναστόν nastón	ναστήν nastḗn	ναστόν nastón		ναστώ nastṓ	ναστᾱ́ nastā́	ναστώ nastṓ		ναστούς nastoús	ναστᾱ́ς nastā́s	ναστᾰ́ nastá
Vocative		ναστέ nasté	ναστή nastḗ	ναστόν nastón		ναστώ nastṓ	ναστᾱ́ nastā́	ναστώ nastṓ		ναστοί nastoí	νασταί nastaí	ναστᾰ́ nastá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ναστῶς nastôs				ναστότερος nastóteros				ναστότᾰτος nastótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →⇒ English: nastic, -nasty
• →⇒ Irish: -nastacht
• →⇒ Italian: nastia

Further reading

• ναστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ναστός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ναστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press