ναυμαχία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) + μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nau̯.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /naw.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /naβ.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nav.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nav.maˈçi.a/
Noun
ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (naumakhíā) f (genitive ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- sea fight, naval battle
Declension
First declension of ἡ ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ναυμᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ναυμαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press