ναυμαχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nau̯.ma.kʰí.aː/ → /naβ.maˈçi.a/ → /nav.maˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nau̯.ma.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naw.maˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naβ.maˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nav.maˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nav.maˈçi.a/

Noun

ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (naumakhíā) f (genitive ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. sea fight, naval battle

Declension

First declension of ἡ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē naumakhíā	τὼ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ naumakhíā	αἱ ναυμᾰχῐ́αι hai naumakhíai
Genitive	τῆς ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês naumakhíās	τοῖν ναυμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn naumakhíain	τῶν ναυμᾰχῐῶν tôn naumakhiôn
Dative	τῇ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi naumakhíāi	τοῖν ναυμᾰχῐ́αιν toîn naumakhíain	ταῖς ναυμᾰχῐ́αις taîs naumakhíais
Accusative	τὴν ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn naumakhíān	τὼ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ naumakhíā	τᾱ̀ς ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s naumakhíās
Vocative	ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ naumakhíā	ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ naumakhíā	ναυμᾰχῐ́αι naumakhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ναυμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press