νηρίτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀνᾱρῑ́τᾱς (anārī́tās), ἀνηρῑ́της (anērī́tēs), νηρείτης (nēreítēs)
Etymology
The connection with νηρόν (nērón, “water”) is refuted by the forms with the vocalic anlaut "α-". Furnée takes this initial variation as evidence for a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɛː.rǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /neˈri.tes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /niˈri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /niˈri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /niˈri.tis/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ νηρῑ́της ho nērī́tēs |
τὼ νηρῑ́τᾱ tṑ nērī́tā |
οἱ νηρῖται hoi nērîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νηρῑ́του toû nērī́tou |
τοῖν νηρῑ́ταιν toîn nērī́tain |
τῶν νηρῑτῶν tôn nērītôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νηρῑ́τῃ tôi nērī́tēi |
τοῖν νηρῑ́ταιν toîn nērī́tain |
τοῖς νηρῑ́ταις toîs nērī́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν νηρῑ́την tòn nērī́tēn |
τὼ νηρῑ́τᾱ tṑ nērī́tā |
τοὺς νηρῑ́τᾱς toùs nērī́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | νηρῖτᾰ nērîta |
νηρῑ́τᾱ nērī́tā |
νηρῖται nērîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: nārīta
Further reading
- νηρίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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