Νίνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ní.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈni.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈni.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈni.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.nos/
Proper noun
Νῐ́νος • (Nínos) m or f (genitive Νῐ́νου); second declension
- m Ninus, the founder of Nineveh in Greek mythology
- f Nineveh; Mosul, Iraq
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Νῐ́νος; τῆς Νῐ́νου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Νῐ́νος hē Nínos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Νῐ́νου tês Nínou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Νῐ́νῳ têi Nínōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Νῐ́νον tḕn Nínon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Νῐ́νε Níne | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Νῐ́νῐος (Nínios)
Descendants
- Greek: Νίνος (Nínos)
- Latin: Ninus
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018