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νῆσος

Second declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νῆσος νήσου

Structure: νης (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Perhaps from ne/w to swim, as if floating land.

Sense

  1. island

Declension

Second declension

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

  • στῆθι, ὦ νῆσε, καὶ ἀνάδυθι αὖθισ ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ καὶ μηκέτι ὑποφέρου, ἀλλὰ βεβαίωσ μένε καὶ ὑπόδεξαι, ὦ εὐδαιμονεστάτη, τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τα τέκνα δύο, τοὺσ καλλίστουσ τῶν θεῶν· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, iris and poseidon, chapter 22)

Synonyms

  1. island

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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