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.
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.
- ἀπὸ δὲ Κιλίκων νήσου ἐσ Βοῶνα πέντε καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 16 4:1)
- φαίνεσθαι δὲ ἐνύπνιον τὸν Ἀχιλλέα τοῖσ μὲν προσσχοῦσι τῇ νήσῳ, τοῖσ δὲ καὶ πλέουσιν, ἐπειδὰν οὐ πόρρω αὐτῆσ ἀπόσχωσιν, καὶ φράζειν ὅποι προσσχεῖν τῆσ νήσου ἄμεινον καὶ ὅποι ὁρμίσασθαι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 23 2:1)
- τάδε μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆσ νήσου τῆσ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ ἀκοὴν ἀνέγραψα τῶν ἢ αὐτῶν προσσχόντων ἢ ἄλλων πεπυσμένων· (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 23 5:1)
- καὶ τῆσ νήσου μὲν ἐκείνησ οὐ φροντίζουσ’, ἀλλ’ ἵνα τοῦτον τὸν ποιητὴν ἀφέλωνται. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, parabasis12)
- καὶ διαβάντεσ οἱ Ἐφέσιοι ἐκ τῆσ νήσου, ἔτεα εἴκοσιν οἰκήσαντεσ, τὸ δεύτερον κτίζουσι Τρηχεῖαν καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ Κορησσόν, καὶ ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδοσ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀγορῇ ἱδρύσαντο Ἀπόλλωνόσ τε τοῦ Πυθίου ἐπὶ τῷ λιμένι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 62 2:2)
