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ναῦς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναῦς νεώς

Structure: ναυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a ship

Declension

Third declension

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

  • τότε εἶπε Ὀχοζίασ υἱὸσ Ἀχαὰβ πρὸσ Ἰωσαφάτ. πορευθήτωσαν δοῦλοί μου μετὰ τῶν δούλων σου ταῖσ ναυσί. καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Ἰωσαφάτ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 22:54)
  • καὶ ἐν καιροῦ πέρατι συγκερατισθήσεται μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέωσ τοῦ νότου, καὶ συναχθήσεται ἐπ’ αὐτὸν βασιλεὺσ τοῦ βορρᾶ ἐν ἅρμασι καὶ ἐν ἱππεῦσι καὶ ἐν ναυσὶ πολλαῖσ καὶ εἰσελεύσονται εἰσ τὴν γῆν καὶ συντρίψει καὶ παρελεύσεται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 11:40)
  • ἐπειδὴ δὲ καὶ τὸν ὁρ́μον ἐχρῆν ἀσφαλῆ εἶναι ταῖσ ναυσὶ καὶ ὅσα ἔξω τοῦ φρουρίου κατῳκεῖτο ὑπό τε τῶν πεπαυμένων τῆσ στρατιᾶσ καί τινων καὶ ἄλλων ἐμπορικῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἔδοξέ μοι ἀπὸ τῆσ διπλῆσ τάφρου, ἣ περιβέβληται τῷ τείχει, ἄλλην τάφρον ἐμβαλεῖν ὡσ ἐπὶ . (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 9 8:1)
  • ἀπὸ Μελαίνησ ἄκρασ ἐσ Ἀρτάνην ποταμόν, ἵνα καὶ ὁρ́μοσ ναυσὶ σμικραῖσ πρὸσ ἱερῷ Ἀφροδίτησ, πεντήκοντα ἄλλοι καὶ ἑκατόν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 12 5:3)
  • ναυσὶ σμικραῖσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a ship

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