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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

  • ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ τὸ πεδίον λέγεται ἰδεῖν Ἀλέξανδρον τὸ ἀνειμένον ταῖσ ἵπποισ ταῖσ βασιλικαῖσ, αὐτό τε πεδίον Νησαῖον καλούμενον καὶ αἱ ἵπποι ὅτι Νησαῖαι κληΐζονται λέγει Ἡρόδοτοσ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 13 1:2)
  • ἔστι πεδίον μέγα τῆσ Μηδικῆσ τῷ οὔνομα ἐστὶ Νήσαιον· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 40 4:2)
  • Μαρδόνιοσ δέ, ὡσ οὐ κατέβαινον οἱ Ἕλληνεσ ἐσ τὸ πεδίον, πέμπει ἐσ αὐτοὺσ πᾶσαν τὴν ἵππον, τῆσ ἱππάρχεε Μασίστιοσ εὐδοκιμέων παρὰ Πέρσῃσι, τὸν Ἕλληνεσ Μακίστιον καλέουσι, ἵππον ἔχων Νησαῖον χρυσοχάλινον καὶ ἄλλωσ κεκοσμημένον καλῶσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 9, chapter 20 2:1)

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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