Νιόβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Νῐόβᾱ (Nióbā)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ni.ó.bɛː/ → /niˈo.βi/ → /niˈo.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ni.ó.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈo.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈo.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈo.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈo.vi/

Proper noun

Νῐόβη • (Nióbē) f (genitive Νῐόβης); first declension

1. Niobe

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Νῐόβη; τῆς Νῐόβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νῐόβη hē Nióbē
Genitive	τῆς Νῐόβης tês Nióbēs
Dative	τῇ Νῐόβῃ têi Nióbēi
Accusative	τὴν Νῐόβην tḕn Nióbēn
Vocative	Νῐόβη Nióbē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Νῐοβῐ́δης (Niobídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Νιόβη (Nióvi)
• Latin: Niobē

References

• “Νιόβη”, 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
• Νιόβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette