νάρδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician (compare Hebrew נֵרְדְּ‎ (nērd), Aramaic נִרְדָּא‎ (nirdā), Akkadian 𒆠𒆗 (HIRIM /lardu/), Arabic رَنْد‎ (rand), Old South Arabian 𐩧𐩬𐩵‎ (rnd)), possibly from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”) (although a Semitic-to-Indian loan has also been suggested).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νᾰ́ρδος • (nárdos) f (genitive νᾰ́ρδου); second declension

  1. nard plant, spikenard, nardin, muskroot
  2. nard oil, a highly prized ointment made from the plant

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ νᾰ́ρδος; τῆς νᾰ́ρδου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νᾰ́ρδος
hē nárdos		 τὼ νᾰ́ρδω
tṑ nárdō		 αἱ νᾰ́ρδοι
hai nárdoi
Genitive τῆς νᾰ́ρδου
tês nárdou		 τοῖν νᾰ́ρδοιν
toîn nárdoin		 τῶν νᾰ́ρδων
tôn nárdōn
Dative τῇ νᾰ́ρδῳ
têi nárdōi		 τοῖν νᾰ́ρδοιν
toîn nárdoin		 ταῖς νᾰ́ρδοις
taîs nárdois
Accusative τὴν νᾰ́ρδον
tḕn nárdon		 τὼ νᾰ́ρδω
tṑ nárdō		 τᾱ̀ς νᾰ́ρδους
tā̀s nárdous
Vocative νᾰ́ρδε
nárde		 νᾰ́ρδω
nárdō		 νᾰ́ρδοι
nárdoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos).

Noun

νάρδος • (nárdos) m or f (plural νάρδοι)

  1. valerian, nard, spikenard (Nardostachys grandiflora).

Declension
declension of νάρδος
singular plural
nominative νάρδος • νάρδοι •
genitive νάρδου • νάρδων •
accusative νάρδο • νάρδους •
vocative νάρδε • νάρδοι •

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