Νεκῶς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Νεκώς (Nekṓs)

Etymology

From Egyptian (n-kꜣw).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.kɔ̂ːs/ → /neˈkos/ → /neˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.kɔ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈkos/

Proper noun

Νεκῶς • (Nekôs) m (genitive Νεκῶ); irregular declension

1. Necho

Inflection

Attic second declension of ὁ Νεκῶς; τοῦ Νεκῶ (irregular)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νεκῶς ho Nekôs
Genitive	τοῦ Νεκῶ toû Nekô
Dative	τῷ Νεκῷ tôi Nekôi
Accusative	τὸν Νεκῶν tòn Nekôn
Vocative	Νεκῶ Nekô
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Greek: Νεκώς (Nekós) (learned)
• → Latin: Nechōs (learned)

References

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