Νίτωκρις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian nt-jqrt; as a name for a pharaoh, this seems to have originated as an error for nṯrj-kꜣ-rꜥ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ní.tɔː.kris/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈni.to.kris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈni.to.kris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈni.to.kris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.to.kris/
Proper noun
Νίτωκρῐς • (Nítōkris) f (genitive Νιτώκρεως); third declension
- Nitocris
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Νίτωκρῐς hē Nítōkris | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Νιτώκρεως tês Nitṓkreōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Νιτώκρει têi Nitṓkrei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Νίτωκρῐν tḕn Nítōkrin | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Νίτωκρῐ Nítōkri | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Νίτωκρις (Nítokris)
- Latin: Nitōcris
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
- Ryholt, Kim (2000) “The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-list and the Identity of Nitocris” in Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache, vol. 127, pp. 87–100
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