ναῦς

See also: ναυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νηῦς (nēûs) — Ionic, Epic
• νᾱός (nāós) — Doric, genitive

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *náus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), cognate with Latin nāvis, Persian ناو (nâv), and Sanskrit नौ (nau, “ship”), नाव (nāva, “ship”). The earliest attested reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀙𐀄𐀈𐀗 (na-u-do-mo, “shipbuilders”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nâu̯s/ → /naɸs/ → /nafs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nâu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naʍs/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nafs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nafs/

Noun

ναῦς • (naûs) f (genitive νεώς); third declension

1. a ship

Declension

Irregular declension of ἡ ναῦς; τῆς νεώς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ναῦς hē naûs	τὼ νῆε tṑ nêe	αἱ νῆες hai nêes
Genitive	τῆς νεώς tês neṓs	τοῖν νεοῖν toîn neoîn	τῶν νεῶν tôn neôn
Dative	τῇ νηΐ têi nēḯ	τοῖν νεοῖν toîn neoîn	ταῖς ναυσί / ναυσίν taîs nausí(n)
Accusative	τὴν ναῦν tḕn naûn	τὼ νῆε tṑ nêe	τᾱ̀ς ναῦς tā̀s naûs
Vocative	ναῦ naû	νῆε nêe	νῆες nêes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Irregular declension of ᾱ̔ ναῦς; τᾶς νᾱός (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ ναῦς hā naûs	ταὶ νᾶες taì nâes
Genitive	τᾶς νᾱός tâs nāós	τᾶν νᾱῶν tân nāôn
Dative	τᾷ νᾱΐ tâi nāḯ	ταῖς ναυσί / ναυσίν / νᾱ́εσσι / νᾱ́εσσιν taîs nausí(n) / nā́essi(n)
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν ναῦν tā̀n naûn	τᾱ̀ς νᾶᾰς tā̀s nâăs
Vocative	ναῦς naûs	νᾶες nâes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἐπίνειον (epíneion)
• ναυᾱ́γιον (nauā́gion)
• ναύαρχος (naúarkhos)
• ναῦλος (naûlos)
• ναυπηγός (naupēgós)
• ναυσία (nausía)
• ναυσικλειτός (nausikleitós)
• ναυσικλυτός (nausiklutós)
• ναύτης (naútēs)
• ναυτία (nautía)
• ναυτικός (nautikós)
• ναυτίλος (nautílos)
• ναυτίς (nautís)
• νήϊος (nḗïos)

Descendants

• Greek: ναυς (nafs)

Further reading

• “ναῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ναῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ναῦς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ναῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ναῦς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3491 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • boat idem, page 87.
  • ship idem, page 766.
  • vessel idem, page 949.
• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 275, 275 D