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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

  • ἡ τοίνυν νῆσοσ αὕτη ἀνώμοτόσ ἐστιν· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, iris and poseidon, chapter 1 1:8)
  • κατὰ τοῦτο μάλιστα τὸ στόμα ἐπ̓ εὐθὺ πλέοντι ἀνέμῳ ἀπαρκτίᾳ ἰδίωσ τό πέλαγοσ νῆσοσ πρόκειται, ἥντινα οἳ μὲν Ἀχιλλέωσ νῆσον, οἳ δὲ Δρόμον Ἀχιλλέωσ, οἳ δὲ Λευκὴν ἐπὶ τῆσ χρόασ ὀνομάζουσιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 1:1)
  • ἡ δὲ νῆσοσ ἀνθρώπων μὲν ἐρήμη ἐστίν, νέμεται δὲ αἰξὶν οὐ πολλαῖσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 3:1)
  • θεοὺσ γὰρ φαίνεθ’ ἡ νῆσοσ φέρειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 26 2:4)
  • φησὶ γοῦν νῆσοσ, ἣν πέρι πόντοσ ἀπείριτοσ ἐστεφάνωτο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 33 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. island

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