ναῦς

See also: ναυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *náus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), cognate with Latin nāvis, Persian ناو (nâv), and Sanskrit नौ (nau, “ship”), नाव (nāva, “ship”).[1] The earliest attested reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀙𐀄𐀈𐀗 (na-u-do-mo, “shipbuilders”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ναῦς • (naûs) f (genitive νεώς); third declension

    1. a ship

    Declension

    Irregular declension of ἡ ναῦς; τῆς νεώς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ ναῦς
    hē naûs     		τὼ νῆε
    tṑ nêe     		αἱ νῆες
    hai nêes
    Genitive τῆς νεώς
    tês neṓs     		τοῖν νεοῖν
    toîn neoîn     		τῶν νεῶν
    tôn neôn
    Dative τῇ νηΐ
    tēî nēḯ     		τοῖν νεοῖν
    toîn neoîn     		ταῖς ναυσί / ναυσίν
    taîs nausí(n)
    Accusative τὴν ναῦν
    tḕn naûn     		τὼ νῆε
    tṑ nêe     		τᾱ̀ς ναῦς
    tā̀s naûs
    Vocative ναῦ
    naû     		νῆε
    nêe     		νῆες
    nêes
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
    Irregular declension of ᾱ̔ ναῦς; τᾶς νᾱός (Doric)
    Case / # Singular Plural
    Nominative ᾱ̔ ναῦς
    hā naûs     		ταὶ νᾶες
    taì nâes
    Genitive τᾶς νᾱός
    tâs nāós     		τᾶν νᾱῶν
    tân nāôn
    Dative τᾷ νᾱΐ
    tāî nāḯ     		ταῖς ναυσί / ναυσίν / νᾱ́εσσι / νᾱ́εσσιν
    taîs nausí(n) / nā́essi(n)
    Accusative τᾱ̀ν ναῦν
    tā̀n naûn     		τᾱ̀ς νᾶᾰς
    tā̀s nâăs
    Vocative ναῦς
    naûs     		νᾶες
    nâes
    Notes:
    • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: ναυς (nafs)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ναῦς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 999

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