Ναϊάς

See also: ναϊάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Νηϊᾰ́ς (Nēïắs) — Ionic
  • Νᾱΐς (Nāḯs)
  • Νηΐς (Nēḯs) — Ionic

Etymology

From νάω (náō, “to flow”).

Pronunciation

 
  • Hyphenation: Να‧ϊ‧άς

Proper noun

Νᾱϊᾰ́ς • (Nāïắs) f (genitive Νᾱϊᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. a naiad

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς; τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς
hē Nāïắs 		τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε
tṑ Nāïắde 		αἱ Νᾱϊᾰ́δες
hai Nāïắdes
Genitive τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος
tês Nāïắdos 		τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν
toîn Nāïắdoin 		τῶν Νᾱϊᾰ́δων
tôn Nāïắdōn
Dative τῇ Νᾱϊᾰ́δῐ
tēî Nāïắdĭ 		τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν
toîn Nāïắdoin 		ταῖς Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐ / Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐν
taîs Nāïắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn Nāïắdă 		τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε
tṑ Nāïắde 		τᾱ̀ς Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s Nāïắdăs
Vocative Νᾱϊᾰ́ς
Nāïắs 		Νᾱϊᾰ́δε
Nāïắde 		Νᾱϊᾰ́δες
Nāïắdes
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

  • English: naiad
  • Greek: Ναϊάς (Naïás), ναϊάδα (naïáda)
  • Latin: Nāïas

References

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