νύμφα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ným.pʰaː/ → /ˈnym.ɸa/ → /ˈnim.fa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ným.pʰaː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.pʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.ɸa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.fa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnim.fa/

Noun

νῠ́μφᾱ • (nŭ́mphā) f (genitive νῠ́μφᾱς); first declension

1. Doric form of νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē).

Inflection

First declension of ᾱ̔ νῠ́μφᾱ; τᾶς νῠ́μφᾱς (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ νῠ́μφᾱ hā nŭ́mphā	τὼ νῠ́μφᾱ tṑ nŭ́mphā	ταὶ νῠ́μφαι taì nŭ́mphai
Genitive	τᾶς νῠ́μφᾱς tâs nŭ́mphās	τοῖν νῠ́μφαιν toîn nŭ́mphain	τᾶν νῠμφᾶν tân nŭmphân
Dative	τᾷ νῠ́μφᾳ tâi nŭ́mphāi	τοῖν νῠ́μφαιν toîn nŭ́mphain	ταῖς νῠ́μφαις taîs nŭ́mphais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν νῠ́μφᾱν tā̀n nŭ́mphān	τὼ νῠ́μφᾱ tṑ nŭ́mphā	τᾱ̀ς νῠ́μφᾱς tā̀s nŭ́mphās
Vocative	νῠ́μφᾱ nŭ́mphā	νῠ́μφᾱ nŭ́mphā	νῠ́μφαι nŭ́mphai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

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