ναυμαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “fight”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nau̯.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /naβ.maˈçi.a/ → /nav.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nau̯.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naw.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naβ.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nav.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nav.maˈçi.a/

Noun

ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (naumăkhĭ́ā) f (genitive ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. sea fight, naval battle

Declension

First declension of ἡ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē naumăkhĭ́ā	τὼ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ naumăkhĭ́ā	αἱ ναυμᾰχῐ́αι hai naumăkhĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês naumăkhĭ́ās	τοῖν ναυμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn naumăkhĭ́ain	τῶν ναυμᾰχῐῶν tôn naumăkhĭôn
Dative	τῇ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi naumăkhĭ́āi	τοῖν ναυμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn naumăkhĭ́ain	ταῖς ναυμᾰχῐ́αις taîs naumăkhĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn naumăkhĭ́ān	τὼ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ naumăkhĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s naumăkhĭ́ās
Vocative	ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ naumăkhĭ́ā	ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ naumăkhĭ́ā	ναυμᾰχῐ́αι naumăkhĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ναυμαχία (navmachía)
• → Latin: naumachia

Further reading

• “ναυμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press