Νηρῇς

See also: Νηρηΐς and Νηρής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation
 
  • Hyphenation: Νη‧ρῇς

Proper noun

Νηρῇς • (Nērêis) f (genitive Νηρῇδος); third declension

  1. a daughter of Nereus, a Nereid

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Νηρῇς; τῆς Νηρῇδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Νηρῇς
hē Nērêis		 τὼ Νηρῇδε
tṑ Nērêide		 αἱ Νηρῇδες
hai Nērêides
Genitive τῆς Νηρῇδος
tês Nērêidos		 τοῖν Νηρῄδοιν
toîn Nērḗidoin		 τῶν Νηρῄδων
tôn Nērḗidōn
Dative τῇ Νηρῇδῐ
têi Nērêidi		 τοῖν Νηρῄδοιν
toîn Nērḗidoin		 ταῖς Νηρῇσῐ / Νηρῇσῐν
taîs Nērêisi(n)
Accusative τὴν Νηρῇδᾰ
tḕn Nērêida		 τὼ Νηρῇδε
tṑ Nērêide		 τᾱ̀ς Νηρῇδᾰς
tā̀s Nērêidas
Vocative Νηρῇς
Nērêis		 Νηρῇδε
Nērêide		 Νηρῇδες
Nērêides
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: Νηρής (Nirís)

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018

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