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Νῦσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Νῦσα Νῦσης

Structure: Νυς (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Νῦσα Νύσᾱ Νύσαι
Genitive Νύσης Νύσαιν Νυσῶν
Dative Νύσῃ Νύσαιν Νύσαις
Accusative Νύσαν Νύσᾱ Νύσᾱς
Vocative Νύσα Νύσᾱ Νύσαι

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

  • τοὺσ ἐθέλοντασ τοῖσιν Ἕλλησι συνῴκισε, τήν τε χώρην Νυσαίην ὠνόμασεν ἀπὸ τοῦ οὔρεοσ τῆσ Νύσησ Διόνυσοσ, καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτὴν Νῦσαν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 1 5:1)
  • "μετὰ δὲ ταύτασ ἤγετο τετράκυκλοσ πηχῶν ὀκτὼ πλάτοσ ὑπὸ ἀνδρῶν ἑξήκοντα, ἐφ’ ἧσ ἄγαλμα Νύσησ ὀκτάπηχυ καθήμενον, ἐνδεδυκὸσ μὲν θάψινον χιτῶνα χρυσοποίκιλον, ἱμάτιον δὲ ἠμφίεστο Λακωνικόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:122)
  • κισσοκόμην Διόνυσον ἐρίβρομον ἄρχομ’ ἀείδειν, Ζηνὸσ καὶ Σεμέλησ ἐρικυδέοσ ἀγλαὸν υἱόν, ὃν τρέφον ἠύκομοι Νύμφαι παρὰ πατρὸσ ἄνακτοσ δεξάμεναι κόλποισι καὶ ἐνδυκέωσ ἀτίταλλον Νύσησ ἐν γυάλοισ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:1)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸν Διόνυσον ὀμνύουσιν ὑπὸ στέγῃ, ξένον ὄντα καὶ αὐτόν, εἴπερ ἐστὶ ἀπὸ Νύσησ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 284)
  • Νῦσάν τε οὖν ἐκάλεσε τὴν πόλιν Διόνυσοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ τροφοῦ τῆσ Νύσησ καὶ τὴν χώραν Νυσαίαν· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 1 6:1)

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

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