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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 τὰσ ἐπιλοίπουσ βασιλείασ καὶ τὰσ νήσουσ, ὅσοι ποτὲ ἀντέστησαν αὐτοῖσ, κατέφθειραν καὶ ἐδούλωσαν αὐτούσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:11)
  • Λογισμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐκόπασεν ἄβυσσον, καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ἐν αὐτῇ νήσουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 43:23)
  • εἰσ νήσουσ πόρρω ἀφίκετο τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἠγαπήθησ ἐν τῇ εἰρήνῃ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 47:16)
  • ἐρημώσω ὄρη καὶ βουνοὺσ καὶ πάντα χόρτον αὐτῶν ξηρανῶ, καὶ θήσω ποταμοὺσ εἰσ νήσουσ καὶ ἕλη ξηρανῶ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 42:15)
  • Οὕτωσ λέγει Κύριοσ Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ αἴρω εἰσ τὰ ἔθνη τὴν χεῖρά μου καὶ εἰσ τὰσ νήσουσ ἀρῶ σύσσημόν μου, καὶ ἄξουσι τοὺσ υἱούσ σου ἐν κόλπῳ, τὰσ δὲ θυγατέρασ σου ἐπ̓ ὤμων ἀροῦσι, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 49:22)

Synonyms

  1. island

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