Nearchus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νέαρχος (Néarkhos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nearchus m sg (genitive Nearchī); second declension

  1. An officer of Alexander the Great, famous for his voyage from the Indus river to the Persian gulf

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Nearchus
genitive Nearchī
dative Nearchō
accusative Nearchum
ablative Nearchō
vocative Nearche

References

  • Nearchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Nearchus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray