ναυτίλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ναύτης (naútēs, “seaman”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nau̯.tí.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /naʍˈti.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /naɸˈti.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nafˈti.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nafˈti.los/
Noun
ναυτῐ́λος • (nautĭ́los) m (genitive ναυτῐ́λου); second declension
- (poetic) seaman, sailor
- Synonym: ναύτης (naútēs)
- paper nautilus (Argonauta argo)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ναυτῐ́λος ho nautĭ́los |
τὼ ναυτῐ́λω tṑ nautĭ́lō |
οἱ ναυτῐ́λοι hoi nautĭ́loi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ναυτῐ́λου toû nautĭ́lou |
τοῖν ναυτῐ́λοιν toîn nautĭ́loin |
τῶν ναυτῐ́λων tôn nautĭ́lōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ναυτῐ́λῳ tōî nautĭ́lōi |
τοῖν ναυτῐ́λοιν toîn nautĭ́loin |
τοῖς ναυτῐ́λοις toîs nautĭ́lois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ναυτῐ́λον tòn nautĭ́lon |
τὼ ναυτῐ́λω tṑ nautĭ́lō |
τοὺς ναυτῐ́λους toùs nautĭ́lous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ναυτῐ́λε nautĭ́le |
ναυτῐ́λω nautĭ́lō |
ναυτῐ́λοι nautĭ́loi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ναυτιλέω (nautiléō)
- ναυτιλία (nautilía)
- ναυτίλλομαι (nautíllomai)
- ναυτιλοφθόρος (nautilophthóros)
Descendants
- → Latin: nautilus
Further reading
- “ναυτίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ναυτίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ναυτίλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette