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.
- καὶ ἐροῦσιν οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ταύτῃ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖσ ἦμεν πεποιθότεσ τοῦ φυγεῖν εἰσ αὐτοὺσ εἰσ βοήθειαν, οἳ οὐκ ἠδύναντο σωθῆναι ἀπὸ βασιλέωσ Ἀσσυρίων. καὶ πῶσ ἡμεῖσ σωθησόμεθα̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 20:6)
- τίνι ὅμοιοι γεγόνασιν οἱ ἐνοικοῦντεσ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ μετάβολοι Φοινίκησ διαπερῶντεσ τὴν θάλασσαν (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 23:2)
- ἀπέλθατε εἰσ Καρχηδόνα, ὀλολύξατε, οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ταύτῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 23:6)
- ἐκεῖνοσ δὲ τίσ ἐστιν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ὁ τὴν πορφυρᾶν ἐφεστρίδα ἐμπεπορπημένοσ, ὁ τὸ διάδημα, ᾧ τὸν δακτύλιον ὁ μάγειροσ ἀναδίδωσι τὸν ἰχθὺν ἀνατεμών, νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 14:1)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπέβη τῇ νήσῳ, ὁ μὲν ταῦροσ οὐκέτι ἐφαίνετο, ἐπιλαβόμενοσ δὲ τῆσ χειρὸσ ὁ Ζεὺσ ἀπῆγε τὴν Εὐρώπην ἐσ τὸ Δικταῖον ἄντρον ἐρυθριῶσαν καὶ κάτω ὁρῶσαν· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 42)
