Νέητον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps of Pre-Greek origin, especially Sicel. The unattested Doric variant could have been *Νέᾱτον (Néāton), that would suggest some relation with νέατος (néatos, “the last, the extreme, the lowest”), irregular superlative of νέος (néos, “new, young”). Otherwise it could be connected with Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to join with, to conceal oneself”), cognate with ναίω (naíō), νᾱός (nāós, “a temple”), νέομαι (néomai, “to go or come back”), νόστος (nóstos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.ɛː.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.e̝.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.i.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.i.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.i.ton/

Proper noun

Νέητον • (Néēton) n (genitive Νεήτου); second declension

Netum; Noto, Italy[1]

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Νέητον; τοῦ Νεήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Νέητον tò Néēton
Genitive	τοῦ Νεήτου toû Neḗtou
Dative	τῷ Νεήτῳ tôi Neḗtōi
Accusative	τὸ Νέητον tò Néēton
Vocative	Νέητον Néēton
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Nētum, Neētum
- → Sicilian: Notu
  - → Italian: Noto

References

Geography (Ptolemy), 3.4.13.

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[1] Geography (Ptolemy), 3.4.13.