νεάτη

νεάτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεᾰ́τᾱ (neátā) – Doric
• νήτη (nḗtē)

Etymology

Feminine form of νέατος (néatos, “uttermost, lowest”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.á.tɛː/ → /neˈa.ti/ → /neˈa.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.á.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈa.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈa.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈa.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈa.ti/

Noun

νεᾰ́τη • (neátē) f (genitive νεᾰ́της); first declension

1. (music) the lowest of the three strings which formed the framework of the musical scale, the others being μέση (mésē) and ὑπάτη (hupátē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ νεᾰ́τη; τῆς νεᾰ́της (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νεᾰ́τη hē neátē	τὼ νεᾰ́τᾱ tṑ neátā	αἱ νεᾰ́ται hai neátai
Genitive	τῆς νεᾰ́της tês neátēs	τοῖν νεᾰ́ταιν toîn neátain	τῶν νεᾰτῶν tôn neatôn
Dative	τῇ νεᾰ́τῃ têi neátēi	τοῖν νεᾰ́ταιν toîn neátain	ταῖς νεᾰ́ταις taîs neátais
Accusative	τὴν νεᾰ́την tḕn neátēn	τὼ νεᾰ́τᾱ tṑ neátā	τᾱ̀ς νεᾰ́τᾱς tā̀s neátās
Vocative	νεᾰ́τη neátē	νεᾰ́τᾱ neátā	νεᾰ́ται neátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “νεάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νεάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νεάτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette