Νίσαια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Νῖσος (Nîsos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nǐː.sai̯.a/ → /ˈni.sɛ.a/ → /ˈni.se.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nǐː.sai̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.se.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.se.a/

Proper noun

Νῑ́σαιᾰ • (Nī́saia) f (genitive Νῑσαίᾱς); first declension

1. Nisaea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Νῑ́σαιᾰ; τῆς Νῑσαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νῑ́σαιᾰ hē Nī́saia
Genitive	τῆς Νῑσαίᾱς tês Nīsaíās
Dative	τῇ Νῑσαίᾳ têi Nīsaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Νῑ́σαιᾰν tḕn Nī́saian
Vocative	Νῑ́σαιᾰ Nī́saia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Νίσαια (Nísaia)
• Latin: Nīsaea

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018