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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

  • καὶ μετὰ πάσησ τῆσ δόξησ αὐτοῦ ἔλαβε τὴν Ἰόππην εἰσ λιμένα καὶ ἐποίησεν εἴσοδον ταῖσ νήσοισ τῆσ θαλάσσησ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 14:5)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἡ δόξα Κυρίου ἐν ταῖσ νήσοισ ἔσται τῆσ θαλάσσησ, τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου ἔνδοξον ἔσται, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸσ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 24:15)
  • δώσουσι τῷ Θεῷ δόξαν, τὰσ ἀρετὰσ αὐτοῦ ἐν ταῖσ νήσοισ ἀναγγελοῦσι. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 42:12)
  • ἐπὶ τῷ ὕδατι αὐτῆσ ἐπεποίθει καὶ καταισχυνθήσονται, ὅτι γῆ τῶν γλυπτῶν ἐστι, καὶ ἐν ταῖσ νήσοισ, οὗ κατεκαυχῶντο. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 27:38)
  • διὰ τοῦτο κατοικήσουσιν ἰνδάλματα ἐν ταῖσ νήσοισ, καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ θυγατέρεσ σειρήνων. οὐ μὴ κατοικηθῇ οὐκέτι εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 27:39)

Synonyms

  1. island

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