Νάξος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Most likely of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nák.sos/ → /ˈnak.sos/ → /ˈnak.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nák.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnak.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnak.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnak.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnak.sos/

Proper noun

Νᾰ́ξος • (Náxos) f (genitive Νᾰ́ξου); second declension

1. Naxos

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Νᾰ́ξος; τῆς Νᾰ́ξου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νᾰ́ξος hē Náxos
Genitive	τῆς Νᾰ́ξου tês Náxou
Dative	τῇ Νᾰ́ξῳ têi Náxōi
Accusative	τὴν Νᾰ́ξον tḕn Náxon
Vocative	Νᾰ́ξε Náxe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Νᾰ́ξῐος (Náxios)

Descendants

• Greek: Νάξος (Náxos)
• Italian: Nasso
• Latin: Naxos
• Turkish: Nakşa

Further reading

• “Νάξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Νάξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Νάξος”, 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