ναύτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǎu̯.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnaʍ.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnaɸ.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnaf.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnaf.tis/
Noun
ναύτης • (naútēs) m (genitive ναύτου); first declension (Epic, Attic)
- sailor, seaman
- Synonym: ναυτῐ́λος (nautílos)
- companion at sea
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ναύτης; τοῦ ναύτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ναύτης ho naútēs | τὼ ναύτᾱ tṑ naútā | οἱ ναῦται hoi naûtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ναύτου toû naútou | τοῖν ναύταιν toîn naútain | τῶν ναυτῶν tôn nautôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ναύτῃ tôi naútēi | τοῖν ναύταιν toîn naútain | τοῖς ναύταις toîs naútais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ναύτην tòn naútēn | τὼ ναύτᾱ tṑ naútā | τοὺς ναύτᾱς toùs naútās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ναῦτᾰ naûta | ναύτᾱ naútā | ναῦται naûtai | ||||||||||
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First declension of ναύτης; ναύτᾱο (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ναύτης naútēs | ναύτᾱ naútā | ναῦται naûtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | ναύτᾱο / ναύτε͜ω / ναύτω naútāo / naúte͜ō / naútō | ναύταιν / ναύταιῐν / ναύτῃῐν naútai(i)n / naútēiin | ναυτᾱ́ων / ναυτέ͜ων / ναυτῶν nautā́ōn / nauté͜ōn / nautôn | ||||||||||
Dative | ναύτῃ naútēi | ναύταιν / ναύταιῐν / ναύτῃῐν naútai(i)n / naútēiin | ναύτῃσῐ / ναύτῃσῐν / ναύτῃς / ναύταις naútēisi(n) / naútēis / naútais | ||||||||||
Accusative | ναύτην naútēn | ναύτᾱ naútā | ναύτᾱς naútās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ναῦτᾰ naûta | ναύτᾱ naútā | ναῦται naûtai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ἁλιεύς (halieús)
Descendants
- Greek: ναύτης (náftis)
- → Arabic: نَوْتِيّ (nawtiyy)
- → Ge'ez: ኖትያዊ (notəyawi)
- → Aramaic:
- Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܢܐܘܛܐ, ܢܘܛܐ
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: נווטא
- Classical Syriac: ܢܰܘܛܳܐ (nawṭā), ܢܐܘܛܗ (nawṭī), ܢܐܘܛܘܣ (nawṭāwəs)
- → Latin: nauta
References
- “ναύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ναύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ναύτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ναύτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ναύτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3492 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- boatman idem, page 87.
- sailor idem, page 731.
- seafarer idem, page 746.
- seaman idem, page 746.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈna.ftis/
- Hyphenation: ναύ‧της
Noun
ναύτης • (náftis) m (plural ναύτες)
- sailor
Declension
declension of ναύτης
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | ναύτης • | ναύτες • |
genitive | ναύτη • | ναυτών • |
accusative | ναύτη • | ναύτες • |
vocative | ναύτη • | ναύτες • |
Synonyms
- ναυτικός m (naftikós, “sailor, seaman, mariner”)
Related terms
- ναυτία f (naftía, “sea-sickness”)
- ναυτιλία f (naftilía, “merchant navy”)
- ναυτιλιακός f (naftiliakós, “shipping”)
- ναυτικό n (naftikó, “navy”)
- ναύκληρος m (náfkliros, “bosun”)
- ναύαρχος m (návarchos, “admiral”)
Further reading
ναύτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el