ναυπηγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ναῦς (naûs) +‎ πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nau̯.pɛː.ɡós/ → /naɸ.piˈɣos/ → /naf.piˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nau̯.pɛː.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naʍ.pe̝ˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naɸ.piˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /naf.piˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /naf.piˈɣos/

Noun

ναυπηγός • (naupēgós) m (genitive ναυπηγοῦ); second declension

1. shipwright, shipbuilder

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ναυπηγός; τοῦ ναυπηγοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ναυπηγός ho naupēgós	τὼ ναυπηγώ tṑ naupēgṓ	οἱ ναυπηγοί hoi naupēgoí
Genitive	τοῦ ναυπηγοῦ toû naupēgoû	τοῖν ναυπηγοῖν toîn naupēgoîn	τῶν ναυπηγῶν tôn naupēgôn
Dative	τῷ ναυπηγῷ tôi naupēgôi	τοῖν ναυπηγοῖν toîn naupēgoîn	τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς toîs naupēgoîs
Accusative	τὸν ναυπηγόν tòn naupēgón	τὼ ναυπηγώ tṑ naupēgṓ	τοὺς ναυπηγούς toùs naupēgoús
Vocative	ναυπηγέ naupēgé	ναυπηγώ naupēgṓ	ναυπηγοί naupēgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ναύπακτος (Naúpaktos)
• ναυπηγεῖον (naupēgeîon)
• ναυπηγέω (naupēgéō)
• ναυπηγής (naupēgḗs)
• ναυπηγήσῐμος (naupēgḗsimos)
• ναυπήγησῐς (naupḗgēsis)
• ναυπηγῐ́ᾱ (naupēgíā)
• ναυπηγῐκός (naupēgikós)
• ναυπήγῐον (naupḗgion)

 

Further reading

• ναυπηγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ναυπηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • builder idem, page 103.
  • ship-builder idem, page 766.
  • ship-wright idem, page 766.