Νηρηΐς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Νηρῇς (Nērêis) — prose
• Νηρεΐς (Nēreḯs)

Etymology

From Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛː.rɛː.ís/ → /ni.riˈis/ → /ni.riˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.rɛː.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝.re̝ˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ni.riˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ni.riˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ni.riˈis/

• Hyphenation: Νη‧ρη‧ΐς

Proper noun

Νηρηῐ̈́ς • (Nērēḯs) f (genitive Νηρηῐ̈́δος); third declension

1. a daughter of Nereus; a Nereid

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νηρηῐ̈́ς; τῆς Νηρηῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Νηρηῐ̈́ς hē Nērēḯs	τὼ Νηρηῐ̈́δε tṑ Nērēḯde	αἱ Νηρηῐ̈́δες hai Nērēḯdes
Genitive	τῆς Νηρηῐ̈́δος tês Nērēḯdos	τοῖν Νηρηῐ̈́δοιν toîn Nērēḯdoin	τῶν Νηρηῐ̈́δων tôn Nērēḯdōn
Dative	τῇ Νηρηῐ̈́δῐ têi Nērēḯdi	τοῖν Νηρηῐ̈́δοιν toîn Nērēḯdoin	ταῖς Νηρηῐ̈́σῐ / Νηρηῐ̈́σῐν taîs Nērēḯsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Νηρηῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn Nērēḯda	τὼ Νηρηῐ̈́δε tṑ Nērēḯde	τᾱ̀ς Νηρηῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s Nērēḯdas
Vocative	Νηρηῐ̈́ς Nērēḯs	Νηρηῐ̈́δε Nērēḯde	Νηρηῐ̈́δες Nērēḯdes
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: Nereid
• Greek: Νηρηίς (Niriís), Νηρηίδα (Niriída), νηρηίδα (niriída), νεράιδα (neráida, “fairy”)
• → Latin: Nērē̆is

References

• “Νηρηΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Νηρηΐς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018