νηάς

See also: νῆας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νηᾰ́ς • (nēắs) f (genitive νηᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. gigantic, mythological animal from Samos called Neades in English, inspired by the fossilized remains of extinct proboscideans.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ νηᾰ́ς; τῆς νηᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νηᾰ́ς
hē nēắs 		τὼ νηᾰ́δε
tṑ nēắde 		αἱ νηᾰ́δες
hai nēắdes
Genitive τῆς νηᾰ́δος
tês nēắdos 		τοῖν νηᾰ́δοιν
toîn nēắdoin 		τῶν νηᾰ́δων
tôn nēắdōn
Dative τῇ νηᾰ́δῐ
tēî nēắdĭ 		τοῖν νηᾰ́δοιν
toîn nēắdoin 		ταῖς νηᾰ́σῐ / νηᾰ́σῐν
taîs nēắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν νηᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn nēắdă 		τὼ νηᾰ́δε
tṑ nēắde 		τᾱ̀ς νηᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s nēắdăs
Vocative νηᾰ́ς
nēắs 		νηᾰ́δε
nēắde 		νηᾰ́δες
nēắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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