Νιφάτης

Νιφάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ni.pʰǎː.tɛːs/ → /niˈɸa.tis/ → /niˈfa.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ni.pʰǎː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈpʰa.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈɸa.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈfa.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈfa.tis/

Proper noun

Νῐφᾱ́της • (Niphā́tēs) m (genitive Νῐφᾱ́του); third declension

1. Niphates, a mountain chain of Armenia
2. Niphates, a Persian general[1]

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Νῐφᾱ́της; τοῦ Νῐφᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νῐφᾱ́της ho Niphā́tēs
Genitive	τοῦ Νῐφᾱ́του toû Niphā́tou
Dative	τῷ Νῐφᾱ́τῃ tôi Niphā́tēi
Accusative	τὸν Νῐφᾱ́την tòn Niphā́tēn
Vocative	Νῐφᾶτᾰ Niphâta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Νιφάτης (Nifátis)
• → Latin: Niphātēs

References

1. The Anabasis of Alexander, 1.12.8.

Further reading

• Νιφάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette