Νίνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Νῐ́νος • (Nínos) m or f (genitive Νῐ́νου); second declension

  1. m Ninus, the founder of Nineveh in Greek mythology
  2. f Nineveh; Mosul, Iraq

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Νῐ́νος; τῆς Νῐ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νῐ́νος
hē Nínos
Genitive τῆς Νῐ́νου
tês Nínou
Dative τῇ Νῐ́νῳ
têi Nínōi
Accusative τὴν Νῐ́νον
tḕn Nínon
Vocative Νῐ́νε
Níne
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Νῐ́νῐος (Nínios)

Descendants
  • Greek: Νίνος (Nínos)
  • Latin: Ninus

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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