Hellas Alive Dictionary - νησαιος

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

νησαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νησαῖος

Structure: νησαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

of an island, insular

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	νησαῖος	νησαίᾱ	νήσαιον
	Genitive	νησαίου	νησαίᾱς	νησαίου
	Dative	νησαίῳ	νησαίᾱͅ	νησαίῳ
	Accusative	νησαῖον	νησαίᾱν	νήσαιον
	Vocative	νησαῖε	νησαίᾱ	νήσαιον
Dual	N/A/V	νησαίω	νησαίᾱ	νησαίω
Dual	G/D	νησαίοιν	νησαίαιν	νησαίοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

Πρω‐ τεσίλαόν τ’ ἐπὶ θάκοισ πεσσῶν ἡδομένουσ μορ‐ φαῖσι πολυπλόκοισ Παλαμήδεά θ’, ὃν τέκε παῖσ ὁ Ποσει‐ δᾶνοσ, Διομήδεά θ’ ἡδο‐ ναῖσ δίσκου κεχαρημένον, παρὰ δὲ Μηριόνην, Ἄρεοσ ὄζον, θαῦμα βροτοῖσιν, τὸν ἀπὸ νησαίων τ’ ὀρέων Λαέρτα τόκον, ἅμα δὲ Νι‐ ρέα, κάλλιστον Ἀχαιῶν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, antistrophe 13)
καὶ τὸν μὲν ἵππον τοῦτον ὅτου ἐπιβήσεσθαι ἔμελλε, βασιλικὸν ὄντα τῶν Νησαίων, πρὶν ἀναβῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν πυρὰν Λυσιμάχῳ χαρίσασθαι, τῶν τινι θεραπευόντων αὐτὸν ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 3 4:1)
ἐν ταύτῃ τοῦτο μὲν τὰ ἔμψυχα, τετράποδά τε καὶ τὰ πετεινά, πολλῷ μέζω ἢ ἐν τοῖσι ἄλλοισι χωρίοισι ἐστί, πάρεξ τῶν ἵππων οὗτοι δὲ ἑσσοῦνται ὑπὸ τῶν Μηδικῶν, Νησαίων δὲ καλευμένων ἵππων, τοῦτο δὲ χρυσὸσ ἄπλετοσ αὐτόθι ἐστί, ὃ μὲν ὀρυσσόμενοσ, ὁ δὲ καταφορεύμενοσ ὑπὸ ποταμῶν, ὁ δὲ ὥσπερ ἐσήμηνα ἁρπαζόμενοσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 106 3:2)
τούτου δὲ ὄπισθε αὐτὸσ Ξέρξησ ἐπ’ ἁρ́ματοσ ἵππων Νησαίων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 40 5:3)

Synonyms

of an island
- νησιωτικός (of or from an island, island, insular situation)

ἀναβάτης (one mounted)
παραμηρίδιος (along the thighs)
προμετωπίδιος (before or on the forehead)
φάλαρος (having a patch of white)
φάλαρον ()
χρυσοχάλινος (with gold-studded bridle)
σινδών (sindon)
φάλαρα (bosses)
ἐπίχαλκος (covered with copper or brass)
Κίσσιος (of or from Cissia)
πάρδαλις (leopard)
ψέλιον (an armlet or anklet)
Θεσσαλικός (Thessalian)
κατάστικτος (spotted)
μελάγχλαινος (black-cloaked)
τετράκυκλος (four-wheeled)
ζειά (grain)
λιθοκόλλητος (set with precious stones)
δίχηλος (cloven-hoofed)
ἴτυς (a circle made of willow)
μαχητής (fighter)
κατάγαιος ()
πρόσουρος (adjoining)
ἱππεία (a riding or driving)
χρεμετισμός (a neighing)
περιαυχένιος (put round the neck)
Ἀλήιος (poor in lands)
ἀκινάκης (a short straight sword)
δρεπανηφόρος (bearing a scythe)
ἀσπιδιώτης (shield-bearing)

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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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νησαῖος

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of an island

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νησαῖος

Sense

Declension

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of an island

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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