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Νῦσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Νῦσα Νῦσης

Structure: Νυς (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ οὖροσ τὸ πρὸσ τῇ πόλι, ὅτου ἐν τῇσιν ὑπωρείῃσιν ᾤκισται ἡ Νῦσα, Μηρὸσ κληίζεται ἐπὶ τῇ συμφορῇ ᾗτινι ἐχρήσατο εὐθὺσ γενόμενοσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 1 6:1)
  • Διονύσου μέν γε τῆσ στρατηλασίησ καὶ Νῦσα πόλισ μνῆμα οὐ φαῦλον, καὶ ὁ Μηρὸσ τὸ οὖροσ, καὶ ὁ κισσὸσ ὅστισ ἐν τῷ οὔρεϊ τούτῳ φύεται, καὶ αὐτοὶ Ἰνδοὶ ὑπὸ τυμπάνων τε καὶ κυμβάλων στελλόμενοι ἐσ τὰσ μάχασ, καὶ ἐσθὴσ αὐτοῖσι κατάστικτοσ ἐοῦσα, κατάπερ τοῦ Διονύσου τοῖσι βάκχοισιν· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 5 9:1)
  • " κώμη δ’ ἐστὶ τοῦ Ἑλικῶνοσ ἡ Νῦσα. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 2 26:16)
  • Νῦσα δ’ ἵδρυται πρὸσ τῇ Μεσωγίδι τὸ πλέον τῷ ὄρει προσανακεκλιμένη, ἔστι δ’ ὥσπερ δίπολισ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 78:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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