νηνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. It is supposed to be the origin of Latin nēnia (“dirge, elegy”). The word νηνίατον (nēníaton, “Phrygian tune for the flute”) is ascribed by Hipponax by Julius Pollux.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.ní.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝ˈni.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈni.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈni.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈni.a/

Noun

νηνῐ́ᾱ • (nēnĭ́ā) f (genitive νηνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

public eulogy on great men, sometimes accompanied by the flute
lament, dirge, elegy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ νηνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς νηνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νηνῐ́ᾱ hē nēnĭ́ā	τὼ νηνῐ́ᾱ tṑ nēnĭ́ā	αἱ νηνῐ́αι hai nēnĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς νηνῐ́ᾱς tês nēnĭ́ās	τοῖν νηνῐ́αιν toîn nēnĭ́ain	τῶν νηνῐῶν tôn nēnĭôn
Dative	τῇ νηνῐ́ᾳ tēî nēnĭ́āi	τοῖν νηνῐ́αιν toîn nēnĭ́ain	ταῖς νηνῐ́αις taîs nēnĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν νηνῐ́ᾱν tḕn nēnĭ́ān	τὼ νηνῐ́ᾱ tṑ nēnĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς νηνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s nēnĭ́ās
Vocative	νηνῐ́ᾱ nēnĭ́ā	νηνῐ́ᾱ nēnĭ́ā	νηνῐ́αι nēnĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: nēnia