νύμφα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ným.pʰaː/ → /ˈnym.ɸa/ → /ˈnim.fa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ným.pʰaː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.pʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.ɸa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnym.fa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnim.fa/

Noun

νῠ́μφᾱ • (númphā) f (genitive νῠ́μφᾱς); first declension

1. Doric form of νῠ́μφη (númphē).

Inflection

First declension of ᾱ̔ νῠ́μφᾱ; τᾶς νῠ́μφᾱς (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ νῠ́μφᾱ hā númphā	τὼ νῠ́μφᾱ tṑ númphā	ταὶ νῠ́μφαι taì númphai
Genitive	τᾶς νῠ́μφᾱς tâs númphās	τοῖν νῠ́μφαιν toîn númphain	τᾶν νῠμφᾶν tân numphân
Dative	τᾷ νῠ́μφᾳ tâi númphāi	τοῖν νῠ́μφαιν toîn númphain	ταῖς νῠ́μφαις taîs númphais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν νῠ́μφᾱν tā̀n númphān	τὼ νῠ́μφᾱ tṑ númphā	τᾱ̀ς νῠ́μφᾱς tā̀s númphās
Vocative	νῠ́μφᾱ númphā	νῠ́μφᾱ númphā	νῠ́μφαι númphai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

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