Νέστος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
According to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the River Ness, possibly *ned- (“water”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nés.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
Proper noun edit
Νέστος • (Néstos) m (genitive Νέστου); second declension
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
- ^ ^MacBain, Alexander (1922). Place names Highlands & Islands of Scotland. p. 146.