Νέστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the River Ness, possibly *ned- (“water”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nés.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnes.tos/
Proper noun
Νέστος • (Néstos) m (genitive Νέστου); second declension
- the river Mesta; the river Nestos
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Νέστος; τοῦ Νέστου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Νέστος ho Néstos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Νέστου toû Néstou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Νέστῳ tôi Néstōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Νέστον tòn Néston | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Νέστε Néste | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Bulgarian: Места (Mesta)
- Greek: Νέστος (Néstos)
- Latin: Nestus
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
- ^MacBain, Alexander (1922). Place names Highlands & Islands of Scotland. p. 146.