Νῶχος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɔ̂ː.kʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.xos/

Proper noun

Νῶχος • (Nôkhos) m (genitive Νώχου); second declension

alternative form of Νῶε (Nôe)
- 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.76:
  καὶ οἱ μὲν οὕτως ἀφανίζονται πάντες, Νῶχος δὲ σώζεται μόνος ὑποθεμένου μηχανὴν αὐτῷ καὶ πόρον πρὸς σωτηρίαν τοῦ θεοῦ τοιαύτην
  kaì hoi mèn hoútōs aphanízontai pántes, Nôkhos dè sṓzetai mónos hupotheménou mēkhanḕn autōî kaì póron pròs sōtērían toû theoû toiaútēn
  Translation by William Whiston
  and thus were all these men destroyed: but Noah alone was saved; for God suggested to him the following contrivance and way of escape

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Νῶχος; τοῦ Νώχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῶχος ho Nôkhos
Genitive	τοῦ Νώχου toû Nṓkhou
Dative	τῷ Νώχῳ tōî Nṓkhōi
Accusative	τὸν Νῶχον tòn Nôkhon
Vocative	Νῶχε Nôkhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.