νᾶπυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a loan from Demotic snwpt; compare σίναπι (sínapi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nâː.py/ → /ˈna.py/ → /ˈna.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nâː.py/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈna.py/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.py/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.py/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈna.pi/

Noun

νᾶπῠ • (nâpu) n (genitive νᾱ́πῠος); third declension

1. mustard

Declension

Third declension of τὸ νᾶπῠ; τοῦ νᾱ́πῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νᾶπῠ tò nâpu	τὼ νᾱ́πῠε tṑ nā́pue	τᾰ̀ νᾱ́πῠᾰ tà nā́pua
Genitive	τοῦ νᾱ́πῠος toû nā́puos	τοῖν νᾱπῠ́οιν toîn nāpúoin	τῶν νᾱπῠ́ων tôn nāpúōn
Dative	τῷ νᾱ́πῠῐ̈ tôi nā́puï	τοῖν νᾱπῠ́οιν toîn nāpúoin	τοῖς νᾱ́πῠσῐ / νᾱ́πῠσῐν toîs nā́pusi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νᾶπῠ tò nâpu	τὼ νᾱ́πῠε tṑ nā́pue	τᾰ̀ νᾱ́πῠᾰ tà nā́pua
Vocative	νᾶπῠ nâpu	νᾱ́πῠε nā́pue	νᾱ́πῠᾰ nā́pua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• σίναπι (sínapi)

Descendants

• → Latin: nāpy, nāpus (see there for further descendants)

References

• “νᾶπυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νᾶπυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νᾶπυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • mustard idem, page 548.