νᾶπυ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably a loan from Demotic snwpt; compare σίναπι (sínapi).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nâː.py/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈna.py/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈna.py/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈna.py/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈna.pi/
Noun
νᾶπῠ • (nâpu) n (genitive νᾱ́πῠος); third declension
- mustard
Declension
Third declension of τὸ νᾶπῠ; τοῦ νᾱ́πῠος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ νᾶπῠ tò nâpu | τὼ νᾱ́πῠε tṑ nā́pue | τᾰ̀ νᾱ́πῠᾰ tà nā́pua | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νᾱ́πῠος toû nā́puos | τοῖν νᾱπῠ́οιν toîn nāpúoin | τῶν νᾱπῠ́ων tôn nāpúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νᾱ́πῠῐ̈ tôi nā́puï | τοῖν νᾱπῠ́οιν toîn nāpúoin | τοῖς νᾱ́πῠσῐ / νᾱ́πῠσῐν toîs nā́pusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ νᾶπῠ tò nâpu | τὼ νᾱ́πῠε tṑ nā́pue | τᾰ̀ νᾱ́πῠᾰ tà nā́pua | ||||||||||
Vocative | νᾶπῠ nâpu | νᾱ́πῠε nā́pue | νᾱ́πῠᾰ nā́pua | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- σίναπι (sínapi)
Descendants
- → Latin: nāpy, nāpus (see there for further descendants)
References
- “νᾶπυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νᾶπυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νᾶπυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- mustard idem, page 548.
- Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard