Ναύπακτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ πήγνῡμῐ (pḗgnūmi, “to fasten”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nǎu̯.pak.tos/ → /ˈnaɸ.pak.tos/ → /ˈnaf.pak.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nǎu̯.pak.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaʍ.pak.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɸ.pak.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnaf.pak.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnaf.pak.tos/

Proper noun

Ναύπᾰκτος • (Naúpaktos) f (genitive Ναυπᾰ́κτου); second declension

1. Naupactus

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ναύπᾰκτος; τῆς Ναυπᾰ́κτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ναύπᾰκτος hē Naúpaktos
Genitive	τῆς Ναυπᾰ́κτου tês Naupáktou
Dative	τῇ Ναυπᾰ́κτῳ têi Naupáktōi
Accusative	τὴν Ναύπᾰκτον tḕn Naúpakton
Vocative	Ναύπᾰκτε Naúpakte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ναυπᾰ́κτῐος (Naupáktios)

Descendants

• Greek: Ναύπακτος (Náfpaktos)
• → Latin: Naupactus
  • → Italian: Lepanto
• → Ottoman Turkish: اینبختی (inebahtı)
  • → Turkish: İnebahtı

References

• “Ναύπακτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ναύπακτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναύπακτος (Naúpaktos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnafpaktos/
• Hyphenation: Ναύ‧πα‧κτος

Proper noun

Ναύπακτος • (Náfpaktos) f

1. Naupactus, Lepanto (large town in Central Greece)

Declension

  Ναύπακτος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Ναύπακτος •
genitive	Ναυπάκτου •
accusative	Ναύπακτο •
vocative	Ναύπακτε •  Ναύπακτο •

Derived terms

• Ναυπάκτιος m (Nafpáktios, “male from Naupactus”)
• Επαχτίτης m (Epachtítis, “male from Naupactus”) (colloquial)
• Ναυπάκτια f (Nafpáktia, “female from Naupactus”)
• Επαχτίτισσα f (Epachtítissa, “female from Naupactus”) (colloquial)

Further reading

• Ναύπακτος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el