"Ναϊάς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ναϊάς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /naː.i.ás/, /na.iˈas/, /na.iˈas/, /naː.i.ás/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /na.iˈas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /na.iˈas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /na.iˈas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /na.iˈas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From νάω (náō, “to flow”). Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Νᾱϊᾰ́δος|f|third|head=Νᾱϊᾰ́ς}} Νᾱϊᾰ́ς • (Nāïắs) f (genitive Νᾱϊᾰ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Νᾱϊᾰ́ς|Νᾱϊᾰ́δος}} Forms: Νᾱϊᾰ́ς [canonical], Nāïắs [romanization], Νᾱϊᾰ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ Νᾱϊᾰ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ Νᾱϊᾰ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς Νᾱϊᾰ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν Νᾱϊᾰ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ Νᾱϊᾰ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν Νᾱϊᾰ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], Νᾱϊᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs Nāïắsĭ [dative, plural], taîs Nāïắsĭn [dative, plural], τὴν Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ Νᾱϊᾰ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς Νᾱϊᾰ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], Νᾱϊᾰ́ς [singular, vocative], Νᾱϊᾰ́δε [dual, vocative], Νᾱϊᾰ́δες [plural, vocative], Νηϊᾰ́ς [alternative, Ionic], Νᾱΐς [alternative], Νηΐς [alternative, Ionic]
  1. a naiad Wikipedia link: Naiad
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