νάπη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

νάπος (nápos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ná.pɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pe/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pi/

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Noun

νάπη • (nápē) f (genitive νάπης); first declension

woodland vale, dell, glen

Inflection

First declension of ἡ νάπη; τῆς νάπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νάπη hē nápē	τὼ νάπᾱ tṑ nápā	αἱ νάπαι hai nápai
Genitive	τῆς νάπης tês nápēs	τοῖν νάπαιν toîn nápain	τῶν ναπῶν tôn napôn
Dative	τῇ νάπῃ têi nápēi	τοῖν νάπαιν toîn nápain	ταῖς νάπαις taîs nápais
Accusative	τὴν νάπην tḕn nápēn	τὼ νάπᾱ tṑ nápā	τᾱ̀ς νάπᾱς tā̀s nápās
Vocative	νάπη nápē	νάπᾱ nápā	νάπαι nápai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ναπαῖος (napaîos)
ναπώδης (napṓdēs)

References

νάπη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
νάπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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