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ναυπήγιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναυπήγιον ναυπήγιου

Structure: ναυπηγι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: from nauphgo/s

Sense

  1. a shipbuilder's-yard, dockyard

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ναυπήγιον ναυπηγίω ναυπήγια
Genitive ναυπηγίου ναυπηγίοιν ναυπηγίων
Dative ναυπηγίῳ ναυπηγίοιν ναυπηγίοις
Accusative ναυπήγιον ναυπηγίω ναυπήγια
Vocative ναυπήγιον ναυπηγίω ναυπήγια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦν δ’ ὁ κτύποσ αὐτῶν πελεκώντων ὥσπερ ἐν ναυπηγίῳ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene 1:7)
  • τά τε ναυπήγια συνιστᾶσιν αὐτόθι ἐξ ἐπιχωρίασ ὕλησ, ἅλεσ τε ὀρυκτοὶ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ εἰσι καὶ ποταμῶν ἁλμυρῶν ῥεύματα οὐκ ὀλίγα· (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 12:3)
  • ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ τὸ ναυπήγιον συνεστήσατο Καῖσαρ ὁ θεὸσ πλέων εἰσ τὴν Βρεττανικήν. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 3 6:12)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ περὶ τὸν Στρυμονικὸν κόλπον πόλεισ καὶ ἕτεραι, οἱο͂ν Μύρκινοσ Ἄργιλοσ Δραβῆσκοσ Δάτον, ὅπερ καὶ ἀρίστην ἔχει χώραν καὶ εὔκαρπον καὶ ναυπήγια καὶ χρυσοῦ μέταλλα· (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter fragments 76:10)
  • παρὰ δὲ τὴν παραλίαν τοῦ Στρυμόνοσ καὶ Δατηνῶν πόλισ Νεάπολισ καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ Δάτον, εὔκαρπα πεδία καὶ λίμνην καὶ ποταμοὺσ καὶ ναυπήγια καὶ χρυσεῖα λυσιτελῆ ἔχον, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ παροιμιάζονται "Δάτον ἀγαθῶν" ὡσ καὶ "ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθῖδασ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter fragments 82:2)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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