Νάβις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

Νάβῐς • (Nábĭs) m (genitive Νάβῐδος); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nabis, held by
    1. a ruler of Sparta

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Νᾰ́βῐς; τοῦ Νᾰ́βῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Νᾰ́βῐς
ho Nắbĭs
Genitive τοῦ Νᾰ́βῐδος
toû Nắbĭdos
Dative τῷ Νᾰ́βῐδῐ
tōî Nắbĭdĭ
Accusative τὸν Νᾰ́βῐδᾰ
tòn Nắbĭdă
Vocative Νᾰ́βῐς
Nắbĭs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • → Latin: Nabis

References

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