νυός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *snusós. Cognate to Sanskrit स्नुषा (snuṣā́), Latin nurus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ny.ós/ → /nyˈos/ → /niˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ny.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nyˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nyˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nyˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈos/

Noun

νῠός • (nŭós) f (genitive νῠοῦ); second declension

1. daughter-in-law
2. a bride, wife

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ νῠός; τῆς νῠοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῠός hē nŭós	τὼ νῠώ tṑ nŭṓ	αἱ νῠοί hai nŭoí
Genitive	τῆς νῠοῦ tês nŭoû	τοῖν νῠοῖν toîn nŭoîn	τῶν νῠῶν tôn nŭôn
Dative	τῇ νῠῷ têi nŭôi	τοῖν νῠοῖν toîn nŭoîn	ταῖς νῠοῖς taîs nŭoîs
Accusative	τὴν νῠόν tḕn nŭón	τὼ νῠώ tṑ nŭṓ	τᾱ̀ς νῠούς tā̀s nŭoús
Vocative	νῠέ nŭé	νῠώ nŭṓ	νῠοί nŭoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νυός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νυός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νυός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νυός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963