νάπη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νάπος (nápos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ná.pɛː/ → /ˈna.pi/ → /ˈna.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ná.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pi/

Noun

νάπη • (nápē) f (genitive νάπης); first declension

1. woodland vale, dell, glen

Inflection

First declension of ἡ νάπη; τῆς νάπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νάπη hē nápē	τὼ νάπᾱ tṑ nápā	αἱ νάπαι hai nápai
Genitive	τῆς νάπης tês nápēs	τοῖν νάπαιν toîn nápain	τῶν ναπῶν tôn napôn
Dative	τῇ νάπῃ têi nápēi	τοῖν νάπαιν toîn nápain	ταῖς νάπαις taîs nápais
Accusative	τὴν νάπην tḕn nápēn	τὼ νάπᾱ tṑ nápā	τᾱ̀ς νάπᾱς tā̀s nápās
Vocative	νάπη nápē	νάπᾱ nápā	νάπαι nápai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ναπαῖος (napaîos)
• ναπώδης (napṓdēs)

 

Further reading

• “νάπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νάπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νάπη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νάπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νάπη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN