Νηλεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛː.lěu̯s/ → /niˈleɸs/ → /niˈlefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.lěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝ˈlews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈleɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈlefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈlefs/

Proper noun

Νηλεύς • (Nēleús) m (genitive Νηλέως); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Neleus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Νηλεύς; τοῦ Νηλέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νηλεύς ho Nēleús
Genitive	τοῦ Νηλέως toû Nēléōs
Dative	τῷ Νηλεῖ tôi Nēleî
Accusative	τὸν Νηλέᾱ tòn Nēléā
Vocative	Νηλεῦ Nēleû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Νηλεύς (Niléfs)
• Latin: Nēleus

References

• “Νηλεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Νηλεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Νηλεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
• Νηλεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette