Νηρῇς

See also: Νηρηΐς and Νηρής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs).

Pronunciation

 
  • Hyphenation: Νη‧ρῇς

Proper noun

Νηρῇς • (Nērēîs) f (genitive Νηρῇδος); third declension

  1. a daughter of Nereus, a Nereid

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νηρῇς; τῆς Νηρῇδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Νηρῇς
hē Nērēîs 		τὼ Νηρῇδε
tṑ Nērēîde 		αἱ Νηρῇδες
hai Nērēîdes
Genitive τῆς Νηρῇδος
tês Nērēîdos 		τοῖν Νηρῄδοιν
toîn Nērēídoin 		τῶν Νηρῄδων
tôn Nērēídōn
Dative τῇ Νηρῇδῐ
tēî Nērēîdĭ 		τοῖν Νηρῄδοιν
toîn Nērēídoin 		ταῖς Νηρῇσῐ / Νηρῇσῐν
taîs Nērēîsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν Νηρῇδᾰ
tḕn Nērēîdă 		τὼ Νηρῇδε
tṑ Nērēîde 		τᾱ̀ς Νηρῇδᾰς
tā̀s Nērēîdăs
Vocative Νηρῇς
Nērēîs 		Νηρῇδε
Nērēîde 		Νηρῇδες
Nērēîdes
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

  • Greek: Νηρής (Nirís)

References

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

Further reading

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