νάρδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician (compare Hebrew נֵרְדְּ‎ (nērd), Aramaic נִרְדָּא‎ (nirdā) and Akkadian 𒆠𒆗 (lardu [HIRIM])), from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nár.dos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.dos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.ðos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.ðos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.ðos/

Noun

νᾰ́ρδος • (nárdos) f (genitive νᾰ́ρδου); second declension

nard plant, spikenard, nardin, muskroot.
nard oil, a highly prized ointment made from the plant.

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ νᾰ́ρδος; τῆς νᾰ́ρδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νᾰ́ρδος hē nárdos	τὼ νᾰ́ρδω tṑ nárdō	αἱ νᾰ́ρδοι hai nárdoi
Genitive	τῆς νᾰ́ρδου tês nárdou	τοῖν νᾰ́ρδοιν toîn nárdoin	τῶν νᾰ́ρδων tôn nárdōn
Dative	τῇ νᾰ́ρδῳ têi nárdōi	τοῖν νᾰ́ρδοιν toîn nárdoin	ταῖς νᾰ́ρδοις taîs nárdois
Accusative	τὴν νᾰ́ρδον tḕn nárdon	τὼ νᾰ́ρδω tṑ nárdō	τᾱ̀ς νᾰ́ρδους tā̀s nárdous
Vocative	νᾰ́ρδε nárde	νᾰ́ρδω nárdō	νᾰ́ρδοι nárdoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (nardus) (possibly via Latin)
Greek: νάρδος (nárdos)
Latin: nardus
- Middle English: narde
  - English: nard
- Middle Dutch: nardus, narde
  - Dutch: nardus
Russian: нард m (nard)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos).

Noun

νάρδος • (nárdos) m, f (plural νάρδοι)

valerian, nard, spikenard (Nardostachys grandiflora).

Declension

declension of νάρδος

	singular	plural
nominative	νάρδος •	νάρδοι •
genitive	νάρδου •	νάρδων •
accusative	νάρδο •	νάρδους •
vocative	νάρδε •	νάρδοι •

νάρδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Further reading