Νυσεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Νῦσᾰ (Nûsă, “the name of several mountains sacred to Dionysus”) + -εύς (-eús, demonym-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nyː.sěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nyˈseʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nyˈseɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nyˈsefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /niˈsefs/
Proper noun
Νῡσεύς • (Nūseús) m (genitive Νῡσέως); third declension
- an epithet of Dionysus, Nysan
Declension
Descendants
- → Latin: Nȳseus