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νησαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νησαῖος

Structure: νησαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of an island, insular

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative νησαῖος νησαίᾱ νήσαιον
Genitive νησαίου νησαίᾱς νησαίου
Dative νησαίῳ νησαίᾱͅ νησαίῳ
Accusative νησαῖον νησαίᾱν νήσαιον
Vocative νησαῖε νησαίᾱ νήσαιον
DualN/A/V νησαίω νησαίᾱ νησαίω
G/D νησαίοιν νησαίαιν νησαίοιν
PluralNominative νησαῖοι νησαῖαι νήσαια
Genitive νησαίων νησαιῶν νησαίων
Dative νησαίοις νησαίαις νησαίοις
Accusative νησαίους νησαίᾱς νήσαια
Vocative νησαῖοι νησαῖαι νήσαια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective νησαῖος νησαίου νησαιότερος νησαιοτέρου νησαιότατος νησαιοτάτου
Adverb νησαίως νησαιότερον νησαιότατα

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

  • τίσ μ’ Ἀργείων ἢ Φθιωτᾶν ἢ νησαίαν μ’ ἄξει χώραν δύστανον πόρσω Τροίασ; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, antistrophe 111)
  • τινὲσ δὲ καὶ καθ’ αὑτὴν τιθέασι τὴν Νησαίαν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 7 3:11)
  • μεταξὺ δ’ αὐτῶν καὶ τῆσ Ὑρκανίασ καὶ τῆσ Παρθυαίασ μέχρι Ἀρίων ἔρημοσ πρόκειται πολλὴ καὶ ἄνυδροσ, ἣν διεξιόντεσ μακραῖσ ὁδοῖσ κατέτρεχον τήν τε Ὑρκανίαν καὶ τὴν Νησαίαν καὶ τὰ τῶν Παρθυαίων πεδία· (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 8 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. of an island

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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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