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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νῆσος νήσω νῆσοι
Genitive νήσου νήσοιν νήσων
Dative νήσῳ νήσοιν νήσοις
Accusative νῆσον νήσω νήσους
Vocative νῆσε νήσω νῆσοι

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

  • ἐκ τούτων ἀφωρίσθησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, ἕκαστοσ κατὰ γλῶσσαν ἐν ταῖσ φυλαῖσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:5)
  • Αὗται αἱ φυλαὶ υἱῶν Νῶε κατὰ γενέσεισ αὐτῶν, κατὰ ἔθνη αὐτῶν. ἀπὸ τούτων διεσπάρησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:32)
  • βασιλεῖσ Θαρσὶσ καὶ νῆσοι δῶρα προσοίσουσι, βασιλεῖσ Ἀράβων καὶ Σαβᾶ δῶρα προσάξουσι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 71:10)
  • Τῷ Δαυί̈δ, ὅτε ἡ γῆ αὐτοῦ καθίσταται. ‐ Ο ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ἐβασίλευσεν, ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ, εὐφρανθήτωσαν νῆσοι πολλαί. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 96:1)
  • ἐπιφανήσεται Κύριοσ ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσει πάντασ τοὺσ θεοὺσ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν αὐτῷ ἕκαστοσ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ, πᾶσαι αἱ νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν. ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Sophoniae 2:11)

Synonyms

  1. island

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