Nestor

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/1/2024, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #117
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM	Mike C	update #114
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Greek Mythology, Russian, Portuguese, French

Scripts Νέστωρ(Ancient Greek) Нестор(Russian)

Pronounced Pron. /nés.tɔːr/(Classical Greek) /ˈnɛs.təɹ/(American English) /ˈnɛs.tə/(British English) /ˈnʲes.tər/(Russian) /nɛs.tɔʁ/(French)

Meaning & History

Means "returner, homecomer" in Greek, from νέομαι (neomai) meaning "to return". In Homer's Iliad this was the name of the king of Pylos, famous for his great wisdom and longevity, who acted as a counselor to the Greek allies.