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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

  • τοὺσ δὲ Νησαίουσ ἵππουσ, οἷσ ἐχρῶντο οἱ βασιλεῖσ ἀρίστοισ οὖσι καὶ μεγίστοισ, οἱ μὲν ἐνθένδε λέγουσι τὸ γένοσ, οἱ δ’ ἐξ Ἀρμενίασ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 13 10:7)

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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