Νηρῇς

See also: Νηρηΐς, and Νηρής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs) — poetry
• Νηρεΐς (Nēreḯs)

Etymology

From Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛː.rɛ̂ːi̯s/ → /niˈris/ → /niˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.rɛ̂ːi̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝ˈre̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈris/

• Hyphenation: Νη‧ρῇς

Proper noun

Νηρῇς • (Nērêis) f (genitive Νηρῇδος); third declension

1. a daughter of Nereus, a Nereid

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νηρῇς; τῆς Νηρῇδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Νηρῇς hē Nērêis	τὼ Νηρῇδε tṑ Nērêide	αἱ Νηρῇδες hai Nērêides
Genitive	τῆς Νηρῇδος tês Nērêidos	τοῖν Νηρῄδοιν toîn Nērḗidoin	τῶν Νηρῄδων tôn Nērḗidōn
Dative	τῇ Νηρῇδῐ têi Nērêidi	τοῖν Νηρῄδοιν toîn Nērḗidoin	ταῖς Νηρῇσῐ / Νηρῇσῐν taîs Nērêisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Νηρῇδᾰ tḕn Nērêida	τὼ Νηρῇδε tṑ Nērêide	τᾱ̀ς Νηρῇδᾰς tā̀s Nērêidas
Vocative	Νηρῇς Nērêis	Νηρῇδε Nērêide	Νηρῇδες Nērêides
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

• Greek: Νηρής (Nirís)

References

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

Further reading

• Nereids on Wikipedia.Wikipedia