Ναϊάς

See also: ναϊάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Νηϊᾰ́ς (Nēïás) — Ionic
• Νᾱΐς (Nāḯs)
• Νηΐς (Nēḯs) — Ionic

Etymology

From νάω (náō, “to flow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /naː.i.ás/ → /na.iˈas/ → /na.iˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /naː.i.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /na.iˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /na.iˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /na.iˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /na.iˈas/

• Hyphenation: Να‧ϊ‧άς

Proper noun

Νᾱϊᾰ́ς • (Nāïás) f (genitive Νᾱϊᾰ́δος); third declension

1. a naiad

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς; τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς hē Nāïás	τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε tṑ Nāïáde	αἱ Νᾱϊᾰ́δες hai Nāïádes
Genitive	τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος tês Nāïádos	τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν toîn Nāïádoin	τῶν Νᾱϊᾰ́δων tôn Nāïádōn
Dative	τῇ Νᾱϊᾰ́δῐ têi Nāïádi	τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν toîn Nāïádoin	ταῖς Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐ / Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐν taîs Nāïási(n)
Accusative	τὴν Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Nāïáda	τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε tṑ Nāïáde	τᾱ̀ς Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Nāïádas
Vocative	Νᾱϊᾰ́ς Nāïás	Νᾱϊᾰ́δε Nāïáde	Νᾱϊᾰ́δες Nāïádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• English: naiad
• Greek: Ναϊάς (Naïás), ναϊάδα (naïáda)
• Latin: Nāias

References

• “Ναϊάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018