ναυπήγιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ναυπηγός (naupēgós, “shipbuilder”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nau̯.pɛ̌ː.ɡi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /naʍˈpe̝.ɡi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /naɸˈpi.ʝi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nafˈpi.ʝi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nafˈpi.ʝi.on/
Noun
ναυπήγῐον • (naupḗgĭon) n (genitive ναυπηγῐ́ου); second declension
- shipbuilder's yard, dockyard
- Synonyms: ναυπηγεῖον (naupēgeîon), νεώρῐον (neṓrĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ναυπήγῐον tò naupḗgĭon |
τὼ ναυπηγῐ́ω tṑ naupēgĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ναυπήγῐᾰ tằ naupḗgĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ναυπηγῐ́ου toû naupēgĭ́ou |
τοῖν ναυπηγῐ́οιν toîn naupēgĭ́oin |
τῶν ναυπηγῐ́ων tôn naupēgĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ναυπηγῐ́ῳ tōî naupēgĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ναυπηγῐ́οιν toîn naupēgĭ́oin |
τοῖς ναυπηγῐ́οις toîs naupēgĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ναυπήγῐον tò naupḗgĭon |
τὼ ναυπηγῐ́ω tṑ naupēgĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ναυπήγῐᾰ tằ naupḗgĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ναυπήγῐον naupḗgĭon |
ναυπηγῐ́ω naupēgĭ́ō |
ναυπήγῐᾰ naupḗgĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ναυπήγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ναυπήγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette