Nearchus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νέαρχος (Néarkhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neˈar.kʰus/, [neˈärkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈar.kus/, [neˈärkus]

Proper noun

Nearchus m sg (genitive Nearchī); second declension

1. An officer of Alexander the Great, famous for his voyage from the Indus river to the Persian gulf

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nearchus
genitive	Nearchī
dative	Nearchō
accusative	Nearchum
ablative	Nearchō
vocative	Nearche

References

• Nearchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Nearchus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray