Ναύπακτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ πήγνῡμῐ (pḗgnūmi, “to fasten”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ναύπᾰκτος • (Naúpaktos) f (genitive Ναυπᾰ́κτου); second declension

  1. Naupactus

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Ναύπᾰκτος; τῆς Ναυπᾰ́κτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ναύπᾰκτος
hē Naúpaktos
Genitive τῆς Ναυπᾰ́κτου
tês Naupáktou
Dative τῇ Ναυπᾰ́κτῳ
têi Naupáktōi
Accusative τὴν Ναύπᾰκτον
tḕn Naúpakton
Vocative Ναύπᾰκτε
Naúpakte
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Ναυπᾰ́κτῐος (Naupáktios)

Descendants
  • Greek: Ναύπακτος (Náfpaktos)
  • → Latin: Naupactus
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اینبختی (inebahtı)
    • → Turkish: İnebahtı

References
  • “Ναύπακτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ναύπακτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναύπακτος (Naúpaktos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnafpaktos/
  • Hyphenation: Ναύ‧πα‧κτος

Proper noun

Ναύπακτος • (Náfpaktos) f

  1. Naupactus, Lepanto (large town in Central Greece)

Declension
  Ναύπακτος
case     \     number singular
nominative Ναύπακτος •
genitive Ναυπάκτου •
accusative Ναύπακτο •
vocative Ναύπακτε •  Ναύπακτο •

Derived terms
  • Ναυπάκτιος m (Nafpáktios, “male from Naupactus”)
  • Επαχτίτης m (Epachtítis, “male from Naupactus”) (colloquial)
  • Ναυπάκτια f (Nafpáktia, “female from Naupactus”)
  • Επαχτίτισσα f (Epachtítissa, “female from Naupactus”) (colloquial)

Further reading
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