Naucratis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναύκρατις (Naúkratis).

Proper noun

Naucratis

1. A city in Ancient Egypt, the only permanent Greek colony there.

Translations

city in Ancient Egypt

• Egyptian: (nwtkꜣrṯ f)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ναύκρατις f (Naúkratis)

• Latin: Naucratis f

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναύκρατις (Naúkratis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.kra.tis/, [ˈnäu̯krät̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.kra.tis/, [ˈnäːu̯krät̪is]

Proper noun

Naucratis f sg (genitive Naucratis); third declension

1. Naucratis

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Naucratis
Genitive	Naucratis
Dative	Naucratī
Accusative	Naucratim Naucratem
Ablative	Naucrate
Vocative	Naucratis
Locative	Naucratī Naucrate

References

• “Naucratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Naucratis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.