ναϝός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεώς (neṓs) — Attic
• νηός (nēós) — Ionic
• ναῦος (naûos) — Aeolic
• νᾱϝός (nāwós) — Laconian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *nahwós, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to join with, to conceal oneself”). See νέομαι (néomai, “to go or come back”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /naː.wós/ → /naˈos/ → /naˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /naː.wós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /naˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /naˈos/

Noun

νᾱϝός • (nāwós) m (genitive νᾱϝῶ); second declension (Laconian)

1. Laconian form of νᾱός (nāós)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νᾱϝός; τοῦ νᾱϝῶ (Laconian)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νᾱϝός ho nāwós	τὼ νᾱϝώ tṑ nāwṓ	τοὶ νᾱϝοί toì nāwoí
Genitive	τοῦ νᾱϝῶ toû nāwô	τοῖν νᾱϝοῖν toîn nāwoîn	τῶν νᾱϝῶν tôn nāwôn
Dative	τῷ νᾱϝῷ tôi nāwôi	τοῖν νᾱϝοῖν toîn nāwoîn	τοῖς νᾱϝοῖς toîs nāwoîs
Accusative	τὸν νᾱϝόν tòn nāwón	τὼ νᾱϝώ tṑ nāwṓ	τὼς νᾱϝώς tṑs nāwṓs
Vocative	νᾱϝέ nāwé	νᾱϝώ nāwṓ	νᾱϝοί nāwoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.