νηνία in Ancient Greek

IPA: /nɛː.ní.aː/, /niˈni.a/, /niˈni.a/, /nɛː.ní.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ne̝ˈni.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /niˈni.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /niˈni.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /niˈni.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Unknown. It is supposed to be the origin of Latin nēnia (“dirge, elegy”). The word νηνίατον (nēníaton, “Phrygian tune for the flute”) is ascribed by Hipponax by Julius Pollux. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown, {{cog|la|nēnia||dirge, elegy}} Latin nēnia (“dirge, elegy”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|νηνῐ́ᾱ|νηνῐ́ᾱς|f|first}} νηνῐ́ᾱ • (nēnĭ́ā) f (genitive νηνῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νηνῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: νηνῐ́ᾱ [canonical], nēnĭ́ā [romanization], νηνῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ νηνῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], νηνῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ νηνῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς νηνῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], νηνῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], νηνῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ νηνῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], νηνῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς νηνῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν νηνῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], νηνῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νηνῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], νηνῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], νηνῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], νηνῐ́αι [plural, vocative]

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"νηνία" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun