Νέστωρ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Probably from νέομαι (néomai, “I return”) + -τωρ (-tōr, “-er”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nés.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tor/
Proper noun edit
Νέστωρ • (Néstōr) m (genitive Νέστορος); third declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Νέστωρ ho Néstōr | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Νέστορος toû Néstoros | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Νέστορῐ tôi Néstori | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Νέστορᾰ tòn Néstora | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Νέστορ Néstor | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Νεστόρειος (Nestóreios)
- Νεστόριος (Nestórios)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Νέστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Νέστωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Νέστωρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018