Νηρηΐς

Ancient Greek

From Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Νηρηῐ̈́ς • (Nērēĭ̈́s) f (genitive Νηρηῐ̈́δος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ Νηρηῐ̈́ς; τῆς Νηρηῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Νηρηῐ̈́ς hē Nērēĭ̈́s	τὼ Νηρηῐ̈́δε tṑ Nērēĭ̈́de	αἱ Νηρηῐ̈́δες hai Nērēĭ̈́des
Genitive	τῆς Νηρηῐ̈́δος tês Nērēĭ̈́dos	τοῖν Νηρηῐ̈́δοιν toîn Nērēĭ̈́doin	τῶν Νηρηῐ̈́δων tôn Nērēĭ̈́dōn
Dative	τῇ Νηρηῐ̈́δῐ tēî Nērēĭ̈́dĭ	τοῖν Νηρηῐ̈́δοιν toîn Nērēĭ̈́doin	ταῖς Νηρηῐ̈́σῐ / Νηρηῐ̈́σῐν taîs Nērēĭ̈́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Νηρηῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn Nērēĭ̈́dă	τὼ Νηρηῐ̈́δε tṑ Nērēĭ̈́de	τᾱ̀ς Νηρηῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s Nērēĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	Νηρηῐ̈́ς Nērēĭ̈́s	Νηρηῐ̈́δε Nērēĭ̈́de	Νηρηῐ̈́δες Nērēĭ̈́des
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.

English: Nereid
Greek: Νηρηίς (Niriís), Νηρηίδα (Niriída), νηρηίδα (niriída), νεράιδα (neráida, “fairy”)
→ Latin: Nērē̆is

“Νηρηΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Νηρηΐς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018