Νέαιρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.ai̯.ra/ → /ˈne.ɛ.ra/ → /ˈne.e.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.ai̯.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɛ.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ɛ.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.e.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.e.ra/

Proper noun

Νέαιρα • (Néaira) f (genitive Νεαίρᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Neæra, a daughter of Oceanus

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Νέαιρᾰ; τῆς Νεαίρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νέαιρᾰ hē Néaira
Genitive	τῆς Νεαίρᾱς tês Neaírās
Dative	τῇ Νεαίρᾳ têi Neaírāi
Accusative	τὴν Νέαιρᾰν tḕn Néairan
Vocative	Νέαιρᾰ Néaira
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Neæra

Further reading

• “Νέαιρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Νέαιρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette