Νίνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νῐ́νος • (Nĭ́nos) m or f (genitive Νῐ́νου); second declension

  1. m Ninus, the founder of Nineveh in Greek mythology
  2. f Nineveh; Mosul, Iraq

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Νῐ́νος; τῆς Νῐ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νῐ́νος
hē Nĭ́nos
Genitive τῆς Νῐ́νου
tês Nĭ́nou
Dative τῇ Νῐ́νῳ
tēî Nĭ́nōi
Accusative τὴν Νῐ́νον
tḕn Nĭ́non
Vocative Νῐ́νε
Nĭ́ne
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Νῐ́νῐος (Nĭ́nĭos)

Descendants

  • Greek: Νίνος (Nínos)
  • Latin: Ninus

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
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