Ναυπλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ πλέω (pléō, “to sail”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nau̯.plí.aː/ → /naɸˈpli.a/ → /nafˈpli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nau̯.plí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naʍˈpli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naɸˈpli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nafˈpli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nafˈpli.a/

Proper noun

Ναυπλῐ́ᾱ • (Nauplíā) f (genitive Ναυπλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Nauplia; Nafplio, Argolis, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ναυπλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ναυπλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ναυπλῐ́ᾱ hē Nauplíā
Genitive	τῆς Ναυπλῐ́ᾱς tês Nauplíās
Dative	τῇ Ναυπλῐ́ᾳ têi Nauplíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ναυπλῐ́ᾱν tḕn Nauplíān
Vocative	Ναυπλῐ́ᾱ Nauplíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ναυπλῐ́ειος (Nauplíeios)

Related terms

• Ναύπλῐος (Naúplios)

Descendants

• Greek: Ναυπλία (Nafplía)
• Latin: Nauplia

References

• “Ναυπλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ναυπλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ναυπλία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018