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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

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 ἀπὸ βασιλειῶν ἑτέρων καὶ ἀπὸ νήσων θαλασσῶν ἦλθον πρὸσ αὐτὸν δυνάμεισ μισθωταί. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:29)
  • Καὶ εἶδε Δημήτριοσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ὅτι ἡσύχασεν ἡ γῆ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῷ ἀνθειστήκει, καὶ ἀπέλυσε πάσασ τὰσ δυνάμεισ αὐτοῦ ἕκαστον εἰσ τὸν ἴδιον τόπον, πλὴν τῶν ξένων δυνάμεων, ὧν ἐξενολόγησεν ἀπὸ τῶν νήσων τῶν ἐθνῶν. καὶ ἤχθραναν αὐτῷ πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεισ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:38)
  • ΚΑΙ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Ἀντίοχοσ υἱὸσ Δημητρίου τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπιστολὰσ ἀπὸ τῶν νήσων τῆσ θαλάσσησ Σίμωνι ἱερεῖ καὶ ἐθνάρχῃ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ παντὶ τῷ ἔθνει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 15:1)
  • ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἐπερχομένῃ τοῦ ἀπολέσαι πάντασ τοὺσ ἀλλοφύλουσ. καὶ ἀφανιῶ τὴν Τύρον καὶ τὴν Σιδῶνα καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ καταλοίπουσ τῆσ βοηθείασ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐξολοθρεύσει Κύριοσ τοὺσ καταλοίπουσ τῶν νήσων. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 29:4)
  • καὶ ἐρεῖσ τῇ Σὸρ τῇ κατοικούσῃ ἐπὶ τῆσ εἰσόδου τῆσ θαλάσσησ, τῷ ἐμπορίῳ τῶν λαῶν ἀπὸ νήσων πολλῶν. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ τῇ Σόρ. σὺ εἶπασ. ἐγὼ περιέθηκα ἐμαυτῇ κάλλοσ μου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 27:3)

Synonyms

  1. island

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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