Νειλώτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Νεῖλος (Neîlos) + -ώτης (-ṓtēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /neː.lɔ̌ː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /niˈlo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /niˈlo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /niˈlo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /niˈlo.tis/
Adjective
Νειλώτης • (Neilṓtēs) m (feminine Νειλῶτις, neuter —); first/third declension
- in or on the Nile
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 813–815:
- οὗτός σ’ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα
Νειλῶτιν, οὗ δὴ τὴν μακρὰν ἀποικίαν,
Ἰοῖ, πέπρωται σοί τε καὶ τέκνοις κτίσαι- hoûtós s’ hodṓsei tḕn trígōnon es khthóna
Neilôtin, hoû dḕ tḕn makràn apoikían,
Ioî, péprōtai soí te kaì téknois ktísai
- 1926 translation by Herbert Weir Smyth
- He will conduct you on your way to the three-angled land of the Nile, where, at last, it is ordained for you, O Io, and for your children to found your far-off colony.
- hoûtós s’ hodṓsei tḕn trígōnon es khthóna
- οὗτός σ’ ὁδώσει τὴν τρίγωνον ἐς χθόνα
Declension
Only attested in the masculine and feminine.
First declension of ὁ Νειλώτης; τοῦ Νειλώτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Νειλώτης ho Neilṓtēs | τὼ Νειλώτᾱ tṑ Neilṓtā | οἱ Νειλῶται hoi Neilôtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Νειλώτου toû Neilṓtou | τοῖν Νειλώταιν toîn Neilṓtain | τῶν Νειλωτῶν tôn Neilōtôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Νειλώτῃ tôi Neilṓtēi | τοῖν Νειλώταιν toîn Neilṓtain | τοῖς Νειλώταις toîs Neilṓtais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Νειλώτην tòn Neilṓtēn | τὼ Νειλώτᾱ tṑ Neilṓtā | τοὺς Νειλώτᾱς toùs Neilṓtās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Νειλῶτᾰ Neilôta | Νειλώτᾱ Neilṓtā | Νειλῶται Neilôtai | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ἡ Νειλῶτῐς; τῆς Νειλώτεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Νειλῶτῐς hē Neilôtis | τὼ Νειλώτει tṑ Neilṓtei | αἱ Νειλώτεις hai Neilṓteis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Νειλώτεως tês Neilṓteōs | τοῖν Νειλωτέοιν toîn Neilōtéoin | τῶν Νειλώτεων tôn Neilṓteōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Νειλώτει têi Neilṓtei | τοῖν Νειλωτέοιν toîn Neilōtéoin | ταῖς Νειλώτεσῐ / Νειλώτεσῐν taîs Neilṓtesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Νειλῶτῐν tḕn Neilôtin | τὼ Νειλώτει tṑ Neilṓtei | τᾱ̀ς Νειλώτεις tā̀s Neilṓteis | ||||||||||
Vocative | Νειλῶτῐ Neilôti | Νειλώτει Neilṓtei | Νειλώτεις Neilṓteis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- →⇒ Latin: Nīlōticus
- → Catalan: nilòtic
- → English: Nilotic
Further reading
- Νειλώτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Νειλώτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018