Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Νηρῇς ‎(Nērêis) (prose)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /niriís/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niriís/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niɾiís/

Proper noun

Νηρηΐς • ‎(Nērēḯs) f ‎(genitive Νηρηΐδος); third declension

1. a daughter of Nereus; a Nereid

Inflection

Descendants

• English: Nereid
• Greek:
  • Νηρηίς ‎(Niriís)
  • Νηρηίδα ‎(Niriída)
  • plural: Νηρηίδες ‎(Niriídes)
• Latin: Nereis (plural Nereides)

References

• Νηρηΐς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «Νηρηΐς» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018