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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

  • Τὴν νῆσον τὴν πλανωμένην, ὦ Πόσειδον, ἣν ἀποσπασθεῖσαν τῆσ Σικελίασ ὕφαλον ἔτι νήχεσθαι συμβέβηκε, ταύτην, φησὶν ὁ Ζεύσ, στῆσον ἤδη καὶ ἀνάφηνον καὶ ποίησον ἤδη δῆλον ἐν τῷ Αἰγαίῳ μέσῳ βεβαίωσ μένειν στηρίξασ πάνυ ἀσφαλῶσ· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, iris and poseidon, chapter 11)
  • ἀπὸ Ῥόησ ἐσ Ἀπολλωνίαν νῆσον σμικράν, ὀλίγον διέχουσαν τῆσ ἠπείρου, ἄλλοι εἴκοσι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 1:2)
  • ἐνθένδε ἐσ Κιλίκων νῆσον πεντεκαίδεκα στάδιοι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 16 3:2)
  • ἐνθένδε ἐσ τὴν Ἀρητιάδα νῆσον τριάκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 16 7:1)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ Βορυσθένουσ σθένουσ ἐπὶ νῆσον σμικράν, ἐρήμην καὶ ἀνώνυμον, στάδιοι ἑξήκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 20 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. island

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